Tag: Ken Loach
Activism by Ken Loach and Mike Leigh: British directors against Israel – Culture
Ken Loach and Mike Leigh, probably the most prominent British exponents of old-school socially critical cinema, have terminated their patronage of a London arthouse cinema. What sounds like a local…
Andrea Arnold takes “Bird” to the highest emotions
Female directors stand out for their talent on the Croisette. Andrea Arnold has established herself as a filmmaker of those left behind. Like her fellow citizen Ken Loach, she gives…
At 87, Ken Loach wants to keep faith in the human species
The Old Oak by Ken Loach, winner of the Ecumenical Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, it’s like a ray of sunshine in a foggy sky. The adventures of a…
Édouard Louis, Ken Loach: “Conversation on Art and Politics” – Culture
In 2019, the Al-Jazeera channel invited Scottish film director Ken Loach and French writer Édouard Louis together for a conversation that has now been published under the title “Conversation on…