Mike Leigh

...race and sexuality in film and pop culture, Mazur has interviewed Shohreh Aghdashloo, Pedro Almodovar, Tori Amos, Olivier Assayas, Mike Leigh, Cynthia Nixon, and Kristin Scott Thomas, as well as other acclaimed filmmakers and artists from...

In this article: John Hillcoat, Viggo Mortensen, The Road, Cormac McCarthy, Charlize Theron, Caspar David Friedrich, The Road, Rodney Dangerfield, and The Proposition

...anything overheard or observed, but just a series of quite bad imitations of old Alan Bennett plays. Or possibly the stuff rejected from a Mike Leigh improvisation for being too mannered. Yes, I know: lots of people like it. Some describe it...

In this article: Conservative Party, Labour Party, Derek Hatton, and David Cameron

...raised through charitable foundations, grants and public contributions, with artist Pete Fowler and award-winning film director Mike Leigh lending a high-profile hand along the way. That group effort is typical of the ethos of Chapter,...

In this article: Cardiff, Pete Fowler, and Bedwyr Williams

...their support to the venue during the redevelopment were artist Pete Fowler, animator Joanna Quinn and award-winning film director Mike Leigh, who has a long association with Chapter. Alexander adds: "We think it's all been worth it.

In this article: Cardiff, Flash player, and Europe

...Drake that really pushed Staunton into the big league. 'Vera Drake was a very challenging role, but I loved it,' she says. 'Mike Leigh directed it, so no script, six months' rehearsal - it's a completely different ball game. You create...

In this article: Imelda Staunton, Ang Lee, Vera Drake, Taking Woodstock, Oscar, Cranford, Woodstock, and Harry Potter

...Elvis movie. Ann-Margret dancing in black Capri pants and heels leaves an impression on a boy. "Topsy-Turvy" (1999) - Director Mike Leigh makes a great film about a topic I dislike: Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operas. I came to mock,...

In this article: West Side Story, Todd Haynes, Superstar, Joy Division, Baltimore, Documentary, E mail, Barbie dolls, and The Baltimore Sun

...aims to better use dwindling resources for film-makers • Almost a quarter of council's jobs to go British directors such as Mike Leigh will continue to benefit from film council funding, the UKFC leaders said today. Photograph: Markus...

In this article: London, British Film Institute, DVD, Red Road, and Tsotsi

...had left all three bars on. In our house, this image was always regarded as the ne plus ultra of vulgarity; the monstrous Beverly, in Mike Leigh's Abigail's Party triggers off her husband's heart attack by entering with it in her hands.

In this article: Methane, Carbon, Abigail's Party, Wayne Rooney, and A Long Long Way

..."Who wouldn't want the love of their life to arrive on the wings of a swan?" He tells me that it was in Mike Leigh's Abigail's Party and, he insists, there was a version in Saddam Hussein's palace: "In those photos of American soldiers...

In this article: Vladimir Tretchikoff, Dog, IKEA, and Britain

...ex-marine in Harry Brown The first half-hour is a muted character study, with the quiet humanity of a Ken Loach or Mike Leigh film. It's even politically correct, studiously side-stepping issues of race or immigration. The reason...

In this article: Michael Caine, Ken Loach, Sean Harris, Death Wish, Cannabis, Daniel Barber, and Michael Winner