Running time: 135 minutes. In theaters Nov. 7. TORONTO — A boxing movie has finally yanked Sydney Sweeney out of her restrictive Hollywood box. She takes a big swing in “Christy,” the biopic of the ...

Christy Salters (Sydney Sweeney) already knows her way around disguises by the time her trainer (and eventual husband) Jim Martin (Ben Foster) gifts the burgeoning boxer with a baby pink boxing kit.

At one point deep into “Christy,” the boxer Christy Martin, played with ferocious commitment by Sydney Sweeney, describes how she feels being in the ring. It’s not what you’d expect. It’s where she ...

In November 2010, retired boxing champion Christy Martin—once the most recognizable woman in the sport—was sitting on her bed ...

Starting with his breakthrough feature, the simmering Australian crime family saga Animal Kingdom, David Michôd has leaned frequently into dark material. There’s grit but also lugubriousness in ...

Sydney Sweeney’s career could not be hotter, and she’s taking that success as judiciously as possible. Sure, she could have gone after more romcoms after the runaway success of Anyone But You, but ...

There have been several compelling boxing movies made about female legends of the sweet science over the past year. On August 9, 2024, a biopic about the life of women's boxing pound-for-pound great ...

TIFF: David Michôd's biopic about trailblazing boxer Christy Martin turns the traditional sports biopic on its head (and leaves a mark in the process). Christy Salters (Sydney Sweeney) already knows ...

At one point deep into “Christy,” the boxer Christy Martin, played with ferocious commitment by Sydney Sweeney, describes how she feels being in the ring. It’s not what you’d expect. It’s where she ...