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I’ve said it before: Great character actors deserve at least one starring vehicle in their careers. Clifton Collins Jr. is a great character actor. The trim 51-year-old Angeleno from a family of Mexican actors is gifted with a face that’s memorably off-kilter. He has spent this century creating memorable roles: a gay

With his directorial debut set for wide release and earning a bevy of praise, this filmmaking son of an actual jockey is on the verge of stardom. But he’d rather just tell a great story

Review: Director Clint Bentley has done an exemplary job in recreating that world

Even by low budget standards, “Jockey” needs every positive word of praise it can get and it’s receiving a lot, almost all of it for a very deserving Collins.

Clifton Collins Jr is intense and really gets under the skin of an ageing rider with one last shot at glory

The concept of an aging person trying to hang on in their chosen profession is a well-worn tradition in movies, having been applied to everything from actors

The concept of an aging person trying to hang on in their chosen profession is a well-worn tradition in movies, having been applied to everything from actors

In "Jockey," the character actor steps into the lead as 'Jackson Silva,' a small-time jockey, in the sunset of his career, hoping for one last shot at glory.

Jockey keeps its stable of scenes littered with foul language.

The actor does career-best work as a man at a midlife crossroads.