The Wind That Shakes the Barley
2007
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Kenneth Charles Loach (born 17 June 1936) is a British film director and screenwriter. His socially critical directing style and socialism are evident in his film treatment of social issues such as poverty ( Poor Cow, 1967), homelessness ( Cathy Come Home, 1966), and labour rights ( Riff-Raff, 1991, and The Navigators, 2001).
Ken Loach. Director: I, Daniel Blake. Unlike virtually all his contemporaries, Ken Loach has never succumbed to the siren call of Hollywood, and it's virtually impossible to imagine his particular brand of British socialist realism translating well to that context.
Jun 13, 2024 · Ken Loach, British director whose works are considered landmarks of social realism. His notable films included Kes, Hidden Agenda, The Wind That Shakes the Barley, and I, Daniel Blake. Learn more about Loach’s life and career, including his other movies.
Apr 19, 2024 · Inseparable from his time and place, Loach responded to the economic depression of postwar Britain — and what would become decades of Conservative rule — with an unrelenting focus on working ...
Oct 2, 2023 · Ken Loach tells Anthony Frajman how the 1984-5 miners' strike shaped modern Britain, and inspired what could be his final film, The Old Oak.
Apr 2, 2024 · Ken Loach says he has “great respect” for Jonathan Glazer in raising the subject of Gaza in his Oscars acceptance speech for “The Zone of Interest,” asserting that the director was “very...
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Apr 5, 2024 · Eighty-seven-year-old filmmaker Ken Loach's "The Old Oak" is about how changing demographics in a struggling English town called Durham manifest in a crumbling old pub, the last public space that everyone claims as their own.
Apr 24, 2023 · Ken Loach has announced his retirement from narrative filmmaking (again), saying 'The Old Oak' will likely be his last.
Ken Loach. Director: The Angels' Share. Unlike virtually all his contemporaries, Ken Loach has never succumbed to the siren call of Hollywood, and it's virtually impossible to imagine his particular brand of British socialist realism translating well to that context.
