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I, Daniel Blake | Review

Brexit of Champions: Loach’s Unadorned Blue Collar Melodrama Rages against the Machine As he has been doing since he became an auteur of note...

2016 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 3: Ken Loach Cares About the Welfare of “I, Daniel Blake”

He has promoted, and as of late, defended the inclusion of this filmmaker, and with I, Daniel Blake - Thierry Frémaux proves that he has...

The Conversation: One Never Cannes Tell – The 2016 Edition

Tis the season for fevered wish lists and constantly fluctuating prognostications concerning the soon to be revealed 2016 program at the Cannes Film Festival....

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2016: #87. Ken Loach’s I, Daniel Blake

I, Daniel Blake Director: Ken Loach Writer: Paul Laverty Many assumed British auteur Ken Loach's 2014 film Jimmy's Hall would be his last, mostly because Loach himself...

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The Devils (1971) | Review

Sympathy for The Devils: The Suppression of Ken Russell’s...

Ken Russell’s The Devils – 2010 Fantasia International Film Festival

Iconic director Ken Russell was in town to receive a lifetime achievement award from Fantasia for his 50-plus years in the business, a career that has spawned many genre classics including Altered States, Gothic, and The Lair of the White Worm. But it was the little-seen and hard to find The Devils from 1971 that proved to be Russell's most controversial work, and Fantasia managed to snag a copy to be screened on Russell's big night. In the video, Russell discusses the true story behind the film and receives his award with the grace befitting one of the great filmmakers of all time.

Club Kid | Review

Sex, Drugs & Unexpected Parenting: Firstman’s Debut Creates an...

Interview: Jordan Firstman – Club Kid

I first took notice of Jordan Firstman through his...