StudioCanal has released a poster and trailer for The Old Oak, the upcoming drama from I, Daniel Blake and Sorry We Missed You collaborators writer Paul Laverty and director Ken Loach, which the latter has suggested may be the final film of his distinguished career. Set in the North East of England, the film tells […]
Movie Review – Sorry We Missed You (2019)
Sorry We Missed You, 2019. Directed by Ken Loach. Starring Kris Hitchen, Debbie Honeywood, Rhys Stone, Katie Proctor and Ross Brewster. SYNOPSIS: A family is driven to severe hardship by the manipulative machinations of the modern gig economy. Ken Loach is arguably Britain’s most prominent cinematic polemicist. Three years ago, he won his second Palme […]
Ken Loach joins the chorus of superhero movie critics
As the debate surrounding the cinematic quality (or lack thereof) of Marvel movies continues, acclaimed British director Ken Loach (Kes, I, Daniel Blake) has become the latest filmmaker to join the chorus of criticism, slamming superhero films as “a cynical exercise” that “has nothing to do with the art of cinema”. “I find them boring,” […]
First trailer for Ken Loach’s Sorry We Missed You
Entertainment One has the first trailer for Sorry We Missed You, the upcoming drama from the awarding-winning team behind I, Daniel Blake director Ken Loach and writer Paul Laverty. The film centres around a family trying to get back on their feet after the 2008 financial crash features a cast that includes Kris Hitchen, Debbie […]
Exclusive Interview – Dave Johns on new wrestling comedy Walk Like a Panther, learning to fight and the legacy of I, Daniel Blake
Stand-up comedian and actor Dave Johns chatted to Tom Beasley about his new wrestling movie Walk Like a Panther, as well as the lasting impact of his debut movie I, Daniel Blake… This week heralds the arrival of a rare beast into UK cinemas – a movie about professional wrestling. New comedy Walk Like a […]
Exclusive Interviews – Clio Barnard, Ruth Wilson and Mark Stanley talk Dark River
One of the most distinctive and uncompromising voices in British film returns to cinemas this week. Often described as the natural successor to Ken Loach, Clio Barnard moves from the urban setting of her much-praised The Selfish Giant (2013) to the windswept farming country of the Yorkshire Moors in Dark River. Based on Rose […]
Movie Review – I, Daniel Blake (2016)
I, Daniel Blake, 2016. Directed by Ken Loach. Starring Dave Johns, Hayley Squires, Sharon Percy, Briana Shann, and Dylan McKiernan. SYNOPSIS: A middle-aged carpenter who requires state welfare after injuring himself, is joined by a single mother in a similar scenario. “My life is in their hands”, Daniel Blake (Dave Johns) utters as he is […]
