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Sep 28, 2023 · Ken Loach on retirement and Keir Starmer: ‘It’s good for Labour to be seen to attack me’ ... movies that defined the British working-class experience with humour and heart, was in his late ...
Apr 19, 2024 · The filmmaker Ken Loach talked to Matt Zoller Seitz about the end of his 60-year career, his last film ‘The Old Oak,’ and what he’s learned about power and the working class. “We don’t ...
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Ken Loach Is Back With One Final Film. Jacobin sat down with legendary director Ken Loach at the age of 87 to talk about his latest and final film, The Old Oak; the influence of the Czech New Wave on his movies; and why Hollywood filmmaking is antithetical to the working-class experience. Ken Loach at a press conference during the 67th Annual ...
Biography. Ken Loach was born in 1936 and educated at King Edward VI Grammar School. He studied law at St Peter’s Hall (now College), Oxford (of which he was elected an honorary fellow in 1993). He joined the university’s Experimental Theatre Club and, after graduation, spent two years in the theatre.
Nov 20, 2019 · Loach’s knowledge is extensive and he fires off dozens of similarly shocking facts. “The scale of it is extraordinary and the fact is, people are working and still can’t survive.”. It’s ...
Sep 25, 2023 · Sponsor from Studio Canal. Ken Loach’s latest film, The Old Oak, is a story of two traumatised communities thrown together. When a group of Syrian refugees are housed in a neglected former mining village in the north-east of England, what emerges is a complex story. The welcome isn’t instantly warm. But the story is infused with hope as ...
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Jun 17, 2019 · The Wednesday Play series was soon followed by Kes (1969). Loach’s best known film, it tells the story of a working-class boy, Billy Caspar, and his affectionate relationship with his kestrel, which provides an escape from the drudgery of a school he has no interest in. The film reaffirmed Loach’s agenda, while dropping the Godardian ...
