The Spirit of ’45
Newly Added
•
1h 38m
Dircted by Ken Loach • 2013 • United Kingdom
Cinematic champion of working-class solidarity Ken Loach (I, DANIEL BLAKE) looks back at the remarkable twentieth-century socialist surge that changed modern Britain forever. Through a vivid mix of interviews and archival footage, Loach brings to life the crucial postwar period that swept Prime Minister Clement Attlee’s insurgent Labour Party into power over Winston Churchill’s Conservative government, inaugurating a sweeping series of reforms—including the nationalization of railways, energy, housing, and health care—that marked the birth of the UK’s welfare state. Connecting the era’s hard-won populist triumphs with their present-day precarity, Loach offers both a stirring celebration of collective power and a sobering reminder of its fragility.
Up Next in Newly Added
-
Bound
Directed by Kimi Takesue • 1995 • United Kingdom
A young Chinese British woman undertakes a symbolic journey of self-discovery. Incorporating elements of poetry and dance within a dramatic narrative, BOUND explores a woman’s attempt to reconcile the past with the present as she confronts the co...
-
Man Wanted
Directed by William Dieterle • 1932 • United States
Starring Kay Francis, David Manners, Una MerkelIn the first film the ever-chic Kay Francis made at Warner Bros.—where she would quickly become the studio’s top star during the pre-Code era—she plays Lois Ames, a magazine editor whose husband i...
-
Clockwatchers
Directed by Jill Sprecher • 1997 • United States
Starring Toni Collette, Parker Posey, Lisa KudrowSomething of a female-driven precursor to OFFICE SPACE, Jill Sprecher’s lost indie gem stars Parker Posey, Lisa Kudrow, Toni Collette, and Alanna Ubach as a quartet of temp workers who bond over th...
