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Exterior of 'The Old Oak' pub, with a person standing outside the boarded-up windows and doorway.
Review

The Old Oak review – trades largely on didacticism and sentimentality

by Mark Asch

In what could be his final film, Ken Loach fix­es his gaze on a pub land­lord in a town reck­on­ing with a new pop­u­la­tion of Syr­i­an refugees.

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Anticipation
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Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
A man in a brown jacket stands in front of a row of white vans.
Review

Sorry We Missed You

by Adam Woodward

Ken Loach dou­bles down on his kitchen-sink shtick in this heavy-hand­ed indict­ment of Britain’s gig economy.

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Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
1
In Retrospect
Two men in glasses, one with a hat, in a black and white photograph.
Review

Water and Sugar: Carlo Di Palma, the Colours of Life

by Courteney Tan

The mas­ter cin­e­matog­ra­ph­er behind films by Woody Allen and Wim Wen­ders is remem­bered in this fond and nos­tal­gic hagiography.

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3
In Retrospect
Family walking down a brick-lined alley, surrounded by fences and foliage.
Review

I, Daniel Blake

by David Jenkins

Ken Loach’s lat­est polemic has a vital mes­sage that’s dilut­ed by some heavy-hand­ed direction.

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Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Two individuals, a man and a woman, relaxing on a sofa in an indoor setting, surrounded by photographs on the wall.
Review

Poor Cow (1967)

by David Jenkins

The late Car­ol White is excep­tion­al as a work­ing class sin­gle moth­er in Ken Loach’s restored kitchen-sink drama.

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Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A man wearing glasses and a turtleneck sweater, seated and gazing contemplatively.
Review

Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach

by David Jenkins

One of Britain’s most laud­ed and long-serv­ing left­wing voic­es gets the whistlestop biog treatment.

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3
In Retrospect
Two men playing brass instruments outdoors, one with a beard and the other in a red jacket.
Review

Looking for Eric

by Ellen E Jones

All the heart and humour of a main­stream com­e­dy-dra­ma, with none of the tedious predictability.

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Enjoyment
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In Retrospect