Mike Leigh

  • Winter 2019

Peterloo: Director Mike Leigh Doesn’t Play It Safe With His 19th Century Period Drama

To make Peterloo—my new film based on the Peterloo Massacre of 1819, during which tens of thousands of Manchester natives were…

5 years ago
  • Things Learned

Things I’ve Learned: Mike Leigh

Wickedly observant, consummately English, a cinematic storyteller par excellence: Mike Leigh is the award-winning writer-director behind Naked (1993), Secrets &…

9 years ago