I Daniel Blake
Director Ken Loach’s film I, Daniel Blake is the voice of the voiceless in the UK
Director Ken Loach tells us about the political backdrop to his latest film, I, Daniel Blake, which explores how the poor in Britain are being failed by the welfare state.
Ken Loach was supposed to have retired. It was widely reported that the veteran British film-maker, known for his socially-conscious movies, had stopped making films in 2014.
Yet here he is, at the age of 80, back behind the camera with I, Daniel Blake, which won the coveted Palme d’Or at Cannes this year (his second win), and has Continue reading
I, Daniel Blake sweeps Evening Standard film awards
I, Daniel Blake, Ken Loach’s drama about a middle-aged carpenter recovering from a heart attack and trying to navigate the benefits system, has taken best British film at the Evening Standard film awards.
At a ceremony in London hosted by the actor and director Richard Ayoade, the drama also picked up best actress for newcomer Hayley Squires, who plays a single mother also encountering obstacles claiming welfare. It capped the evening by winning the award for most powerful scene, for its harrowing sequence set in a foodbank in which Squires’s character is so hungry she eats from a tin of cold baked beans. Continue reading