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Exclusive Interview – Mike Leigh on his new film Peterloo

November 5, 2018 by admin

Thomas Harris chats with filmmaker Mike Leigh… Mike Leigh may be our formative filmmaker. His career has spanned close to fifty years, encompassing the minutiae of interpersonal relationships and tackling epics with that same deft touch. His latest, Peterloo is his most expansive piece; a sprawling epic that, as with his other films, finds the […]

Filed Under: Exclusives, Interviews, Movies, Thomas Harris Tagged With: Mike Leigh, Peterloo

2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – Peterloo

October 25, 2018 by Tori Brazier

Waterloo, 2018. Directed by Mike Leigh. Starring Maxine Peake, Rory Kinnear, Neil Bell, Pearce Quigley, David Moorst, Rachel Finnegan, Tom Meredith, Simona Bitmate, Robert Wilfort, Karl Johnson, Sam Troughton, Alastair Mackenzie, David Bamber and Tim McInnerny. SYNOPSIS: The story of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre where British forces attacked a peaceful pro-democracy rally in Manchester. Peterloo […]

Filed Under: London Film Festival, Movies, Reviews, Tori Brazier Tagged With: 2018 BFI London Film Festival, Alastair Mackenzie, David Bamber, David Moorst, Karl Johnson, Maxine Peake, Mike Leigh, Neil Bell, Pearce Quigley, Peterloo, Rachel Finnegan, Robert Wilfort, Rory Kinnear, Sam Troughton, Simona Bitmate, Tim McInnerny, Tom Meredith

Mike Leigh’s Peterloo gets a first trailer

July 25, 2018 by Amie Cranswick

The first trailer has arrived online for writer-director Mike Leigh’s new film Peterloo , a historical drama documenting the shocking true story of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre which saw the British government forces charging into a crowd of over 60,000 people protesting the rising levels of poverty; watch it here… An epic portrayal of the events surrounding […]

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Getting Naked Again: Revisiting Mike Leigh’s Naked

September 13, 2017 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe takes a look back at Mike Leigh’s 1993 film, Naked… The other day I attended a special screening at The Prince Charles Cinema in London. It was part of a specially curated selection of films (from NFTS) devoted to the vile and unlikeable. The first film of the series was Mike Leigh’s 1993 […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: David Thewlis, Ewen Bremner, Lesley Sharp, Mike Leigh, Naked

British Cinema – Naked (1993)

April 8, 2009 by admin

Naked, 1993. Directed by Mike Leigh. Starring David Thewlis, Lesley Sharp and Ewen Bremner. SYNOPSIS: Naked follows Johnny (Thewlis) a highly articulate and intelligent loner who drifts through the backstreets of London taking part in violent sex, living on the streets and eloquently engaging everyone in conversation to completely different reactions from each stranger. Naked […]

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