Ken Loach
Alex Lines spoke with director Ken Loach about his latest film Sorry We Missed You, about what drove him to make this film and finding moments of levity in his work.
Sorry We Missed You is not without faults, but it is a vital look at the hardships faced day in, day out by families all over the UK.
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In 2013, Ken Loach seemed destined to enter the pantheon of filmmakers who bow out with a movie that was, at best, inconsequential to the hard hitting filmography that came before. His proposed final film was 2014’s Jimmy’s Hall, a film about the tensions between the Catholic Church, local government and the vibrant youth culture of 1930’s Ireland. For one of the most important British filmmakers of all time, bowing out with a period piece that paid more than a little narrative debt to Footloose ensured underwhelming results.