On Falling – heartbreaking study of a warehouse worker’s yearning loneliness Director Laura Carreira’s superb debut feature is reminiscent of Ken Loach in its humane portrayal of soul-destroying work The Guardian - UK · Mar 8, 2025
UK indie films will ‘die’ without fiscal aid, Ken Loach producer says Rebecca O’Brien, award-winning collaborator on Loach's films, raised urgent warnings at a select committee inquiry into the industry The Guardian - UK · Feb 22, 2024
‘Braverman knows exactly what she’s unleashing’: Ken Loach on his latest, and possibly last, film The Old Oak, about tensions in a former mining village when refugees arrive, has touched a nerve more raw now than when filming began The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2023
The Old Oak review – compassionate refugee drama from Ken Loach A young Syrian woman and a pub landlord join forces to unite two traumatised communities in the north-east in the veteran director’s forthright, hopeful film The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2023
Cannes 2023 week two roundup – still a country for old men? Films from Scorsese, Loach, Wim Wenders and more are some of the best in this year’s competition, but ahead of them all is Jonathan Glazer’s mighty Auschwitz drama The Zone of Interest The Guardian - UK · May 27, 2023
Durham-made Ken Loach movie is predicted a winner at Cannes Film Festival As The Old Oak prepares for a screening at Cannes Film Festival this weekend, a new study suggests it could scoop the top award Chronicle Live · May 22, 2023
North East back in international spotlight as Ken Loach prepares to launch new film The Old Oak at Cannes Film Festival Award-winning director's latest - and last - film, set in Durham, becomes the the third in his locally-made trilogy to be picked for Cannes Film Festival where this May's premiere will mark his record-breaking 15th appearance in the competition Chronicle Live · May 16, 2023