MAY 2024 - Film – The Brooklyn Rail
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The Brooklyn Rail is a journal committed to providing an independent forum for visual arts, culture, and politics throughout New York City and beyond.
From Poor Cow (1967) and Kes (1969) to Raining Stones (1993) and My Name is Joe (1998), Loach has elevated the humanity and everyday courage of, in his words, societys 'nonpersons. His deceptively simple stories of families and neighborhoods, captured with an unflinching gaze, vibrate with anger.
A retrospective of the director’s work at Film Forum shows how his movies have kept a focus on working-class solidarity.
The recent episode of Radio 4’s obituaries programme, Last Words, included a tribute to Susan Campbell, the artist, illustrator, author and authority on kitchen gardens, who has died aged 92.
We take a look at the life and times of Terence Stamp, who uttered the immortal phrase "Kneel before Zod!" in Superman II.