Jeremy Corbyn is on Letterboxd – and he’s giving Ken Loach some glowing reviews

nme.com:

Letterboxd and given his verdict on some of Ken Loach’s most famous films.The former Labour leader, who is now an independent MP, has already reviewed six films in the space of a day and awarded each one of them five stars.Among those are three of Ken Loach’s films including I, Daniel Blake, The Wind That Shakes The Barley and The Old Oak.“Government ministers should watch this film to understand the human cost of welfare cuts.

Well done Ken for this moving masterpiece,” he wrote on I, Daniel Blake.A post shared by Dazed (@dazed)NME also previously awarded the film four-stars and described it as “righteous commentary on the state of the UK, which hits home with the force of a sledgehammer.”As for The Wind That Shakes The Barley, Corbyn praised Cillian Murphy and said: “It’s about the horrors and contradictions of the Irish Civil War in 1922.

I remember showing this in a community centre in our constituency, and Ken came to talk to us about how he made the film. Thank you Ken!

Superb performance by Cillian Murphy.”His verdict on Loach’s last film The Old Oak was that: “Made me think about the refugees I have met throughout my life and the terrible ordeal they go through.