Set during the Ulster 'Troubles', Hidden Agenda begins admirably enough with director Ken Loach's usual muscular dissection of political realities. Then Maurice Roeves suddenly appears as a ...

Since 1967′s “Poor Cow,” Ken Loach has been one of the foremost directors ... “The Old Oak” is set in 2016, when a streak of anti-immigrant resentment is spreading across England.

he demands that we set our stories against injustice directly. Action is foreground. Ken is an inspiration.” In his induction speech, Loach reminded the filmmakers in attendance of the privileges and ...