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Movie Review: You Can’t Spell Heartache without “H is for Hawk”
Almost all of us missed “H is for Hawk” when it was shown in “select cinemas” last winter. And we’re all the poorer for it. This sublime, understated film — based on a memoir by Helen MacDonald — is another … Continue reading
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Classic Film Review: Coming of Age with a Kestrel — “Kes” (1970)
“Kes,” the break-out feature of Ken Loach, is an unblinking, unsentimental coming-of-age tale about a boy and his kestrel. It’s a Yorkshire “Yearling” from one of the greatest “kitchen sink realists” the British cinema produced, and one of the last. … Continue reading
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Tagged classic-film-review, education, falconry, ken-loach, kes, kitchen-sink-realism, learning, teachers, teaching, yorkshire
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