Mike Leigh has directed 15 feature films over 5 decades with a unique style of immersing his actors in the creative process of developing scripts over months of research and improvisation.
Mike Leigh famously says his method of filmmaking is to “devise and direct,” meaning, his actors devise their characters ...
The British director’s new film features a titanic performance from Marianne Jean-Baptiste, who reunites with him nearly ...
Mike Leigh is getting behind the camera to break your heart all over again sometime this year. The acclaimed director has set his next project with longtime collaborator Bleecker Street, per Deadline.
Five years on from the events of March 2020, it seems the world as a whole is still processing those dark days. Mike Leigh ...
EXCLUSIVE: Filming is expected to start later this year on Mike Leigh’s next project, which will see the acclaimed writer-director reuniting with recent collaborators Cornerstone, Bleecker ...
The international rights for the project will likely be sold at the upcoming European Film Market in Berlin. While his reunion with “Secrets & Lies” star Marianne Jean-Baptiste for 2024’s ...
Hard Truths: filmmaker Mike Leigh returns for the first time since 2018 with this incredible human drama, and it deserves ...
Awareness of Mike Leigh’s famous technique – improvising scripts from an initial singularity – invites speculation about the film that got away. Never more so than with his flintily moving ...