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April 5, 2024

At the Movies: Ken Loach, longtime chronicler of social ills, seeks a hopeful note in 'The Old Oak'

By JOCELYN NOVECK
AP National Writer

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British director Ken Loach, at 87, has said he’s calling it a day with “The Old Oak.”

In so many ways, TJ Ballantyne is a classic Ken Loach hero: a working-class, middle-aged man trying to simply eke out a dignified living, but meeting obstacles at each turn — a victim of unforgiving social realities that leave people like him in the dust.


 
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