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 […]
2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – Peterloo
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 […]
Mike Leigh’s Peterloo gets a first poster
Entertainment One has released the first poster for writer-director Mike Leigh’s historical drama Peterloo; take a look below… SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for Peterloo here An epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a peaceful pro-democracy rally at St Peter’s Field in Manchester turned into one of the bloodiest and most […]
Mike Leigh’s Peterloo gets a first trailer
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… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCl2ezoRDk4 An epic portrayal of the events […]
