Riz's Quiet Triumph

Though Riz Ahmed is the first Muslim to be nominated for a Best Actor Oscar, perhaps his nod for playing deaf drummer Ruben Stone in Darius Marder’s Sound Of Metal isn’t quite as revolutionary as it appears.

- Andy Lea

SOUND OF METAL

Cert 15

Amazon Prime Video from Monday, cinemas May 17

In recent decades, so many actors have won Oscars playing men with disabilities that you wonder if it’s time to invent a new category.

But this is a very different performance to Joaquin Phoenix’s exuberant 2020 winning turn as a mentally-ill Joker.