In so many ways, TJ Ballantyne is a classic Ken Loach hero: a working-class, middle-aged man trying to simply eke out a dignified living, but meeting obstacles at each turn — a victim of unforgiving ...

After close to 60 years in the industry, director Ken Loach is retiring. At the grand age of 87, the two-time Palme d’Or winner is leaving us with one last film, and it’s a striking and deeply ...

Anyone who’s remotely familiar with filmmaker Ken Loach will know what to expect from The Old Oak. The performances, from a mix of non-actors and professionals, are variable; documentary-flavored ...

The third installment in Ken Loach’s unofficial trilogy of films set in austerity-era northeastern England, “The Old Oak” looks at what happens when immigrant families from Syria arrive in an ...

Loach will speak at the Scottish film festival with his long-time collaborators, writer Paul Laverty and producer Rebecca O'Brien, about their Palme d'Or-winning films. By Lily Ford This year’s ...

A retrospective of the director’s work at Film Forum shows how his movies have kept a focus on working-class solidarity. By Jeannette Catsoulis A family of Syrian refugees connects with a ...

ROME, NOV 11 - Postwar Italian films put workers at the centre and helped Ken Loach do the same in his many award-winning ...