Ken Loach’s instantly recognisable film style tugs at the heartstrings &#8211; not least during the cost of living crisis. Here’s where to start with exploring his films.

Ken Loach film trio: Some things never change

Poem: Shots at close range

Reflecting on Lebanon’s current moment is a chance to step into multiple worlds to take down borders and forge more just ones.

The world in a poem: Notes on displacement and diaspora

An introduction to the uprooting and planting contained in abolition, which brings in the scholarship of Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Mariame Kaba and Angela Davis, among many others.

Justice is not an event: Towards understanding abolition

An enthralling depiction of social justice and retribution in the Old West blows apart the typical narratives of the Western and brings new possibilities to life.

The Harder They Fall: Reimagining Westerns for the Netflix generation

Our film editor, Louis Bayman, tells us how the 65th BFI London Film Festival went down, including road movies and Halloween picks.

The Hits and Misses from the 2021 BFI London Film Festival

New perspectives on Latin American migration and movements in the Cine/Mobility festival – catch it online now.

Cine/Mobility: The Latin American Film Festival Erasing Borders

Louis Bayman and Halima Hassan preview the BFI London Film Festival of 2021 as it returns to cinemas this year.

Our Critics’ Picks for the BFI London Film Festival 2021

What your death taught me about disability, mental health and striving for perfection in an imperfect world.

A Letter to my Father

As the Taliban capture Afghanistan at breakneck speed, locals are both fearful and cautiously optimistic.

The Second Rise of the Taliban

Meghan Markle’s famous television interview fits into a history of iconography of Black liberation, just as it exposes the inner workings of a white royal institution.

Oprah, Optics and Oppression: What Meghan Markle&#8217;s Interview Tells Us about the Iconography of Black Liberation

Interview

We spoke to President of the World Uyghur Congress, Dolkun Isa, about the background to China's persecution of the Uyghur people and its mass incarceration camps.

Dolkun Isa: Why It's Time to Stand with the Uyghurs

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