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‘Braverman knows exactly what she’s unleashing’: Ken Loach on his latest, and possibly last, film

The Old Oak, about tensions in a former mining village when refugees arrive, has touched a nerve more raw now than when filming began

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2023

The Old Oak review – compassionate refugee drama from Ken Loach

A young Syrian woman and a pub landlord join forces to unite two traumatised communities in the north-east in the veteran director’s forthright, hopeful film

The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2023

The Old Oak review – Ken Loach’s fierce final call for compassion and solidarity

A northern pub landlord confronts locals’ hostility towards Syrian refugees in Loach’s latest – and possibly last – piece of politically trenchant cinema

The Guardian - UK · May 26, 2023