The Old Oak

July 06, 2025 00:03:30
The Old Oak
Flicks with The Film Snob
The Old Oak

Jul 06 2025 | 00:03:30

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Show Notes

A pub owner in a depressed town in northern England helps welcome Syrian refugees into the community. British director Ken Loach announced his retirement a couple years ago, at the age of 86. Like everything else in his remarkable career, this was a modest and well considered decision. With 26 feature films, plus numerous shorts and TV programs, he’s been an important presence in cinema for 60 years—one of only ten directors to win the Golden Palm at Cannes twice. But because he never stopped making movies about the lives of working class people, their problems and underlying issues; and…

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