Talent Ken Loach

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.

3
Anticipation
2
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.

3
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.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
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.

4
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.

4
Anticipation
4
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.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
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.

3
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect

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