Reviews
Thursday, May 5 2011
'Kes': The Bird Appropriate to the Common Man
A phrase attributed to Truman Capote might well be applied to Billy Casper and his kestrel, as well: The world is not kind to little things.
Tuesday, September 11 2007
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Ken Loach’s controversial Palm d’Or winner is a work of supreme ambivalence.
Friday, March 16 2007
The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)
Ken Loach's Cannes Palme d'Or-winning film uses a familiar narrative form, it does so in a way that leaves the form itself in doubt, heroizing no one, offering no resolution.
Friday, December 17 2004
A Fond Kiss (2003)
At the end of A Fond Kiss, Ken Loach's latest film, we are left with a lingering anxiety about the viability of interracial relationships.
Sunday, January 1 1995
Bread and Roses (2000)
Using a Mexican immigrant to talk about class in America, director Ken Loach explores the ways that race and ethnicity are intricately bound to questions of empowerment and wealth.
