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Wes Anderson, Ken Loach in Cannes festival competition

New films by Wes Anderson, Wim Wenders and Ken Loach are in the lineup for the 76th Cannes Film Festival

The Independent UK

Newcastle's Tyneside Cinema launches urgent fundraiser as it fights for survival

The much-loved independent Newcastle cinema pleads for help to save it from closure as it faces the 'worst funding crisis in its history'

Chronicle Live

Cast announced for I, Daniel Blake's Newcastle theatre premiere includes actor from the original film

The stage adaptation of the award-winning Ken Loach film will make its debut at Northern Stage this summer - with one of the film's actors appearing in his original role

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Labour row as mayor's event with Ken Loach branded 'hugely upsetting' to Jewish community

The Jewish Labour Movement has called for an apology from Jamie Driscoll, after he hosted an event at Newcastle's Live Theatre with the acclaimed film director

Chronicle Live

Saint Patrick’s day: our pick of the best films by Irish directors and movies set in Ireland

From Nineties thrillers to Oscar-winning period dramas, here are some of our favourite Irish films

Evening Standard

Sting to join Live Theatre's 50th birthday celebrations in April alongside Jimmy Nail, Stewart Lee and Nadine Shah

Live Theatre in Newcastle will mark its big milestone with a star-studded month ahead of a forward-looking year of new writing

Chronicle Live

This is England … and Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland: where to find the UK’s greatest film scenes

From aliens cruising Glasgow to punks rocking Belfast, most regions of the UK have had their big-screen moment. Our critics take us on a tour of some of their favourite locations

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TV tonight: autistic people explain what their lives are really like

Chris Packham hosts this insightful documentary. Plus: pants are on the table in a First Dates Valentine’s special. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Where around Newcastle was Blue Jean filmed? Here are North East locations used in the Bafta-nominated drama

Newcastle audiences will be among the first to see much talked-about new film Blue Jean which was filmed in the North East and is set to have its first special screening in the city on January 31 ahead of its general release

Chronicle Live

Film Stars Call for Release of Jailed Iranian Actor Alidoosti

Hundreds of high-profile figures from the global cinema industry called Wednesday for Iran to release actor Taraneh Alidoosti, who was jailed over her support for the country's three-month-old protest movement. Actors Emma Thompson, Penelope Cruz, Kate Winslet and Ian McKellen and directors Ken Loach and Mike Leigh were among a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ken Loach slams BBC for 'role in destroying Jeremy Corbyn's leadership'

DIRECTOR Ken Loach has accused the BBC of playing an “absolutely shameless” role in the “destruction” of Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the…

The National (Scotland)

‘Absolutely shameless’: Ken Loach says BBC helped ‘destroy’ Jeremy Corbyn

Director says media has ‘rewritten history’ to expunge ex-Labour leader and attacks Starmer regime for ‘manipulating the rules’

The Guardian - UK

Black Panther star Letitia Wright: ‘Since Chad died I’m so afraid to lose people’

Letitia Wright was a rising star of British indie films before Chadwick Boseman handpicked her for the Marvel blockbuster. She talks about his death – and how she turned her life around

The Guardian - UK

Austerity gutted the welfare state – preserving benefits now can't make up for that

Many people on low incomes will have breathed a sigh of relief when the UK Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt announced, in his autumn statement on November 17 2022, that he would be increasing benefits by 10.1% in 2023. This is almost in line with the rate of inflation.

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Award-winning Ken Loach film I, Daniel Blake to be adapted for the Newcastle stage with tour to follow

Northern Stage has announced the first ever stage version of the BAFTA-winning movie - to be written by its star Dave Johns - which will have its world premiere at the city theatre next summer

The Guardian - UK

I, Daniel Blake to be adapted for stage and updated for cost-of-living crisis

The story of a widowed joiner and a young single mother has been written by Dave Johns, who played the title role in Ken Loach’s 2016 film

The National (Scotland)

'When I feel lost I come back home': Douglas Stuart on Scots, class and Shuggie Bain

"ONE of the things I was pretty adamant about is not lessening the Scots or the Glaswegian dialect in the literature,” bestselling Scottish…

The Guardian - UK

It inspired Ed Sheeran’s first hit: 10 facts about the homelessness charity Crisis

From philosophy workshops to the need for volunteer nail technicians, there’s a lot you don’t know about Crisis

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Unpacking the wild twists, excessive vomit in ‘Triangle of Sadness’: ‘Maybe it was too much’

When Swedish filmmaker Ruben Ostlund won the top prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival for “Triangle of Sadness,” it put him in the rarified class of two-time Palme d’Or winners. The prestigious group also includes Francis Ford Coppola, Michael Haneke, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Emir Kusturica, Shohei Imamura, Bille…

Chronicle Live

Bill Nighy to appear at Whitley Bay Film Festival this Wednesday night

Last-chance tickets are up for grabs to join the conversation as the Love Actually actor attends a special Q&A event introduced by The Likely Lads creator Ian La Frenais

The Guardian - UK

Duggie Brown obituary

Standup comic who made his name on TV in The Comedians and whose second career as an actor started in Ken Loach’s Kes

Chronicle Live

North East International Film Festival announces autumn return

NEIFF 2022 will launch on November 14 with five days of screenings, workshops, events and awards for winning entries

Chronicle Live

See Killing Eve star Jodie Comer at Tyneside Cinema as Jodie Comer's play debut is captured live

Newcastle cinema will show Villanelle actress Jodie Comer taking to the stage in the premiere run - captured live - of legal drama Prima Facie

Chronicle Live

Newcastle's Summer in the City fun-time is back with outdoor activities and family freebies

The NE1 Summer in the City programme is packed with attractions from a pop-up park and games to a Tyne zip-wire and family fitness sessions with Newcastle United Foundation

Chronicle Live

Newcastle's Tyneside Cinema offers £5 tickets as it slashes prices until September

Film fans and families can make a saving at Tyneside Cinema in Newcastle throughout the summer with tickets for £5 - and £3 for children

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