When Imran Perretta was young, he was abruptly pulled by police into a van for questioning. That experience, as well as the death of his mother, inspired him to make Ish, a coming-of-age tale set amo…
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Chastity, nodding and enormous pores: will women also love Nolan’s Odyssey? ⊕⊕
Christopher Nolan’s epic adaptation has been met with almost universal acclaim – from mostly male film critics. Might women find the journey less comfortable?
Long ago, almost as long ago as Homer co…
63 days ago
Cristian Mungiu wins second Palme d’Or at Cannes for child abuse drama Fjord ⊕
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English-language debut by Romanian director who triumphed in 2007 with 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days takes top prize
Nineteen years after his searing abortion drama 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days won the…
70 days ago
‘They lost a historic opportunity’: Ken Loach laments Your Party infighting ○
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Film-maker and longtime Corbyn ally says ‘poor behaviour’ squandered chance to unite the left in fight against far right
Ken Loach has accused Your Party of squandering an opportunity to unite the lef…
71 days ago
Cantona review - Beckham and Ferguson lively defenders as Eric gnomically quotes Baudelaire ⊕⊕
Cannes film festival: This lively documentary about everyone’s favourite hot-headed footballer/unlikely Ken Loach star will give more than just fans a kick
Here is a fervent, but repetitive fan-servic…
8 months ago
Peter Watkins: an English film-making revolutionary from a tradition of uncompromising radicalism ⊖
In films such as The War Game, Culloden and Punishment Park, Watkins pioneered the mock-documentary form and used it to make his historical dramas and up-to-the-minute dystopias all equally immediate…
10 months ago
A historic opportunity for the British left is being thrown away. This very public Your Party row must stop now | Yanis Varoufakis and Ken Loach ○
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People desperately want and need a party with socialist values. Future generations will be damning if this fails
We write as friends and comrades.
The need for a new party of the left has long been cle…
11 months ago
Ray Brooks, British actor and voice of Mr Benn, dies aged 86 ○
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The EastEnders and Cathy Come Home actor had been diagnosed with dementia, his family revealed
Ray Brooks, the British actor who starred in EastEnders, Ken Loach’s drama Cathy Come Home and narrated t…
16 months ago
On Falling – heartbreaking study of a warehouse worker’s yearning loneliness ○
Director Laura Carreira’s superb debut feature is reminiscent of Ken Loach in its humane portrayal of soul-destroying work
A Portuguese stock picker toiling in a vast Scottish warehouse, Aurora (lovel…
Bong Joon Ho: ‘I wish I had Ken Loach’s energy, but I’m just thinking about nap time’ ○
How do you follow up an Oscar winner like Parasite? If you’re the South Korean auteur, you make a sci-fi satire where Robert Pattinson dies over and over again. The director discusses the inspiration…
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