The biopic of landscape painter J. M. W. Turner depicts a man whose mind is barely engaged by anything other than his work. He's a mystery, and his art is magically indefinite — just like the movie.

Mr. Turner is a 2014 biopic based on the life of notable British painter J. M. W. Turner, written and directed by Mike Leigh and produced by Georgina Lowe. The film premiered at the Cannes Film ...

J.M.W. Turner, arguably the greatest of British painters, was an uncommonly difficult man, and “Mr. Turner,” the exceptional film Mike Leigh has made about him, does not do things the easy way either.

Timothy Spall portrays British landscape painter J.M.W. Turner in Mike Leigh's buzzy biopic By Ashley Lee Four-time Cannes competition veteran (and 1996 Palme d’Or winner for Secrets & Lies), Leigh ...

ANCHOR INTRO: Director Mike Leigh is known for fashioning scripts from a long improvisational process with his actors. KPBS arts reporter Beth Accomando says he puts this to good use to breathe life ...

Survey countless films about artistic geniuses and you will not encounter one quite like Mike Leigh’s J.M.W. Turner, as played by Timothy Spall. Grunting is practically his choice mode of expression.

Four-time Cannes competition vet Mike Leigh returns to the fest with a biopic about British painter J.M.W. Turner, starring Timothy Spall. By Leslie Felperin Contributing Film Critic Viewers drawn to ...

“Mr. Turner” is a flaccid, interminable movie by a talented director, Mike Leigh, which means it has its moments, but moments are all you get. The movie seems as if it were made as a halfhearted ...

You can call "Mr. Turner" many things. Clocking in at 150 minutes, you could call it long. Call it occasionally unpleasant considering its titular subject’s behavior is often crude and abrasive, and ...

Mike Leigh’s meticulous look into the life of late 18 th and 19 th century painter J.M.W. Turner seems like an artifact from the very period that the film takes place. Between Dick Pope’s sumptuous ...

"Mr. Turner" is a flaccid, interminable movie by a talented director, Mike Leigh, which means it has its moments, but moments are all you get. The movie seems as if it were made as a halfhearted ...