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1 day ago · 10 Essential Ken Loach Films. Cillian Murphy as Damien O'Donovan and Pádraic Delaney as Teddy O'Donovan in 'The Wind That Shakes The Barley'. British national treasure Ken Loach 's final film, The Old Oak, premiered just over a year ago at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival but is only just reaching theaters in America, ironically, as the Labour ...
2 days ago · In so many ways, TJ Ballantyne is a classic Ken Loach hero: a working-class, middle-aged man trying to simply eke out a dignified living, but meeting obstacles at each turn — a victim of unforgiving social realities that leave people like him in the dust.
I, Daniel Blake premiered at the 69th Cannes Film Festival where it received the coveted Palme d'Or, making Ken Loach one of only two record-breaking directors to receive the award twice. After the rousing film's release, the conservative Prime Minister Theresa May was advised by the opposition leader on the Parliament floor to watch the film.
- Ken Loach
- July 6, 2024
4 days ago · Study with Quizlet and memorise flashcards containing terms like Who directed I, Daniel Blake?, What genre is the film?, Where did the film receive funding from? and others.
5 days ago · Vote up the movies that inspire you to change your perspective on life. Every movie fan, no matter how casual, can name at least one film that was inspirational to them or somehow changed their outlook on the world. It's one of the unique powers of cinema. For a couple hours, you get to experience the world through somebody else's eyes.
- Mike Mcgranaghan
5 days ago · Crissy Rock, a comedian from Liverpool who plays the main character and could not herself read until she was in her late twenties, is searing and unforgettable as the mother who loses all her children to social services. But it’s not a dreary film. The opening scene, of a karaoke bar, is ground zero for karaoke scenes in movies.
3 days ago · The survival movies based on true stories can offer harrowing examples of people performing extraordinary feats in the most desperate of circumstances, but those films are few and far between. Survival films often depict what really happened to people whose life is told in a story that could be inspirational or end in disaster.
