NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with writer and director Harris Dickinson and actor Frank Dillane about their new film "Urchin," which depicts the struggles of an unhoused Londoner.

Even though Dickinson will star as John Lennon in four Beatles films, he says he'll still be able to write and direct.

Urchin” follows Mike, played by Frank Dillane, a young homeless man in the throes of addiction who is given a chance at ...

As Harris Dickinson was cementing himself as a star in projects like Triangle of Sadness and The Iron Claw, the actor was quietly at work on the script that would become his debut feature, Urchin. The ...

The gravel of the London streets serves as a pillow for Harris Dickinson’s directorial debut “Urchin.” We follow Mike (Frank ...

Harris Dickinson’s characters are demarcated by specific class consciousnesses: Coney Island’s Frankie in Beach Rats, who cruises for older men on a webcam site; a particular brand of selfishness and ...

Set in the less salubrious corners of east London, Urchin follows Mike (Frank Dillane), a homeless addict whose attempts at stability and sobriety are constantly undone by old habits and a society all ...

Mike is a young man living in the outskirts of society, roaming the streets of London asking for a spare change. Unhoused and struggling with substance abuse, he lands himself in prison for stealing a ...