Although clearly a man of the left, Leigh (like Dickens) is less interested in society than human nature. Some of his ...

Leigh is now 81, and he’s still producing brilliant films. Hard Truths has been nominated for two Baftas, for Outstanding ...

The stars of Saturday Night from left to right: Kim Matula, as Jane Curtain, Emily Fairn, as Laraine Newman, Gabriel La Belle, as Lorne Michaels, Rachel Sennott, as Rosie Shuster, and Matt Wood, as ...

In Hard Truths Mike Leigh, one of Britain’s greatest living ... historical dramas Mr Turner and Peterloo, the director returns to the setting that made his name with another exploration of ...

Peterloo, for sure. And Naked ... I’m making a film with Mike Leigh,” and they were so amazed to find anybody who wanted their stuff that we got it for free! Another interesting thing about ...

By David Sexton Mike Leigh’s first feature film ... Timothy Spall gurning and grunting as the great painter – and the righteous dud Peterloo (2018). Now, at 81, Leigh has returned for a coda in his ...

The opening scene of Mike Leigh’s latest film Hard Truths sets ... journey with his painterly biopic Mr Turner (2014) and Peterloo (2018), an account of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre that took ...

What we all need is a good bit of Mike Leigh, right? Wrong ... And after the historical sojourns of his last two films – Peterloo and Mr Turner – he has now returned to core territory of ...

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