Category Archives: Ken Loach
The Navigators (2001)
“Unfortunately, the days of a job for life are gone.” In The Navigators, director Ken Loach explores the collapse and privatization of British Rail through the personal lives of a handful of workers.It’s Britain in 1995, and the workers at … Continue reading
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Land and Freedom (1995)
“Revolutions are contagious.” In 1936, unemployed working class labourer, Dave Carr (Ian Hart) attends a Communist meeting in Liverpool and is recruited to fight the Fascists in Spain. He heads out with little idea where he is going, but with … Continue reading
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The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2007)
“If they bring their savagery over here, we will meet it with a savagery of our own.” A war of occupation is a peculiar thing. It’s a war that has no defined battle lines, and there’s a good chance that … Continue reading
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Sweet Sixteen (2002)
Good solid Loach film Sweet Sixteen is set in Scotland, and the accents are strong enough that the film is subtitled. The story concerns a 15-year-old boy named Liam whose mother is serving jail time for illegal substances. Liam lives … Continue reading
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Ken Loach’s Top Ten Films
The Battle of Algiers (Pontecorvo) Breathless (Godard) The Bicycle Thief (De Sica) Closely Watched Trains (Menzel) Fireman’s Ball (Forman) Jules and Jim (Truffaut) Love of a Blonde (Forman) The Rules of the Game (Renoir) The Tree of Wooden Clogs (Olmi) … Continue reading
Filed under Favourite Film Lists, Ken Loach
Tickets (2005)
“Do you think they have tellies in the police station?” Tickets is a film compromised of three stories that all take place aboard a train traveling from Central Europe to Rome. The first segment from Italian director, Ermanno Olmi focuses … Continue reading
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A Fond Kiss (2004)
”We’re not from Pakistan.” Any film from director Ken Loach film deserves a look, and A Fond Kiss, although lighter fare than this director’s usual films, is not an exception. Based on the rocky romance between an Irish Catholic music teacher … Continue reading
