To rescue Kahlo from the clutches of the corporate art market, we need to acknowledge the overt and covert political dimensions of the work, demands GAVIN O’TOOLE
I, Daniel Blake (15)
Directed by Ken Loach
5/5
PRECIOUS few directors can create work whose subject and emotional impact fill you with justifiably burning anger and make you forget that you are watching a film.
Ken Loach is one of those talented few and, that rarest of film-makers, an authentic auteur.
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