The Football Factory
(2004, 18, Momentum,VHS/ DVD,Retail/Rental)

Nick Love follows up his promising 2001 debut Goodbye Charlie Bright, with a wry, extremely violent, non-judgmental look at the world of football hooligans through the eyes of a 20-year-old member of a Chelsea gang (Danny Dyer). A victim of affluence rather than poverty, he's devoted to casual sex, drink and fighting with rival fans. It's unsentimental, wholly convincing and shot on a budget of £500,000.

Shattered Glass
(2004, 12A,Icon,DVD/VHS,Retail)

Writer-director Billy Ray's impressive debut is the true story of 24-year-old Stephen Glass (played with frightening conviction by Hayden Christensen), an ace reporter for the prestigious Washington liberal weekly,New Republic, who was exposed in 1998 as having largely or wholly invented most of the articles that brought him early fame. It's a compelling drama about ambition,the abuse of trust,the dynamics of a magazine and the pressures on journalists to be more entertaining,even if this involves playing around with the truth.The DVD includes an interview with Stephen Glass.

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