‘The Iron Claw’: Death Happens When You Aren’t Watching

In his third feature, Sean Durkin carves out meaning and hope from heart-shattering tragedies

Akos Peterbencze
Fanfare
Published in
4 min readFeb 22, 2024

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The Iron Claw poster
Photo: A24

About an hour in, there’s a superimposition in Sean Durkin’s unconventional A24 sports biopic, The Iron Claw, which singularly encapsulates the movie’s essence in one poignant frame. It’s the first time the…

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