Skip to main content
Donate to the 95 years appeal
An outrageous state to be in
Ken Loach’s film on austerity Britain makes the blood boil, says ALAN FRANK

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.

The 95th Anniversary Appeal
Support the Morning Star
You have reached the free limit.
Subscribe to continue reading.
More from this author
Keir Starmer
Editorial / 23 May 2025
23 May 2025
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves speaks with the media at the Rolls-Royce factory in Derby, following the announcement from the Office for National Statistics that the UK economy grew by 0.7% between January and March, May 15, 2025
Editorial: / 15 May 2025
15 May 2025
Similar stories
cannes
Cannes Film Festival 2025 / 30 May 2025
30 May 2025

RITA DI SANTO reports on the films from Iran, Spain, Belgium and Brazil that won the top awards

Books / 5 April 2025
5 April 2025
ANDY HEDGECOCK welcomes an explanation of genocide by the persecuted author that is both uplifting and important
THE REAL THING: Joan Baez and Bob Dylan, Civil Rights March
Opinion / 21 January 2025
21 January 2025
DAVID YEARSLEY compares Timothee Chalamet’s impersonation of Dylan to the real thing
(L) The Brutalist, directed by Brady Corbet; (R) Youth Homec
Venice Film Festival 2024 / 9 September 2024
9 September 2024
RITA DI SANTO selects seven of the best films from this year’s line-up to watch for in cinemas