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Ken Loach

The 10 Best Ken Loach Films

“A movie isn’t a political movement, a party, or even an article. It’s just a film. At best, it can add its voice to public outrage.” – Ken Loach 10 Best Ken…

The 15 Best Movies About the Working Class

The efficacy and pervasiveness of cinema as a medium to shape public opinion and challenge dogmatic convictions is unchallenged. Nothing (except our Pradhan Sevak) comes even close. Filmmakers, as a consequence, carry…

I, Daniel Blake [2016]: A Poignant Social-Realist Drama

It’s been five decades since Mr. Ken Loach made the hard-hitting television drama Cathy Come Home. The 75 minute drama tracks a young family’s downward spiral into homelessness. While it caused outrage…

10 Must See Films From BIFFES 2017

10 Best Films From BIFFES 2017: The 9th Bengaluru International Film Festival featured 230 great films over the span of a week. I happen to catch a meager 17 of them. Here…