‘A blast of gritty, unvarnished relief’: why Breaking Glass is my feelgood movie

<p>The latest in our ongoing series of writers highlighting their most rewatched comfort movies is a trip back to 1980s London and the predatory music industry</p><p>I used to watch Breaking Glass when I worked a very corporate job in the City. With its vision of London at the end of punk and the beginning of the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/oct/27/winter-of-discontent">Winter of Discontent</a>, the film provided me a blast of gritty, unvarnished relief in the light of endless training courses and encouraged groupthink.</p><p>Released in September 1980, it was disliked by critics (Q magazine memorably quipped: “Breaking Glass? More like Breaking Wind … ”) but through today’s eyes feels relevant again.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/nov/17/breaking-glass-feelgood-movie">Continue reading...</a>