Danny Boyle's tabloid drama "Ink" opened the Venice Film Festival to largely positive reviews, telling the origin story of Rupert Murdoch's Sun newspaper. Written by James Graham and starring Jack O'Connell, Guy Pearce and Claire Foy, the film is set in 1969 as Murdoch acquires the paper and, alongside editor Larry Lamb, transforms it into Britain's most influential tabloid. Critics have singled out the lead performances for particular praise, though a few reviewers felt the film's messaging and style were heavy-handed.

The film currently holds a 92% score on Rotten Tomatoes from 12 reviews. Deadline, The Times and The Daily Telegraph all responded warmly, with the latter two both awarding four out of five stars, while Vulture called it "Danny Boyle's best film in decades" and Variety praised O'Connell as "superb". More mixed notices came from IndieWire, which gave it a B grade for being "predictable" despite strong performances, and The Guardian, which awarded three stars while criticising its "lurid, violent and thumpingly unsubtle" style.