Mike Leigh

Cop thriller takes top Berlin prize
Brazil's controversial "Elite Squad" nails Golden Bear; Errol Morris, Paul Thomas Anderson also honored.
"Vera Drake"
The first half of Mike Leigh's latest, about a cleaning woman/abortionist, showcases how he can get amazing performances from his actors. But the second half . . .
"All or Nothing"
Mike Leigh returns to the council flats of London -- and delivers a richly Dickensian masterpiece about working-class family life.
Remembering Katrin Cartlidge
The director of "Gas Food Lodging" and "Things Behind the Sun" shares her memories of the greatest British actress you've never heard of, who died unexpectedly in early September.
Mike Nichols, what planet are you from?
In his latest dissection of the gender gap, the director of the great "Carnal Knowledge" trades earnest sexual consideration for a cheap, vibrating sight gag.
Hollywood maggots eat dead ideas
If you have any love for the infinite possibilities of film, you can't avoid being horrified by what the movie industry has become.
The roar of the greasepaint, the smell of the crowd
Director Mike Leigh gives Gilbert and Sullivan the Dickens in "Topsy-Turvy."
My Name is Joe
British filmmaker Ken Loach returns to working-class Glasgow in his dark masterpiece 'My Name is Joe'
"Nil by Mouth"
Andrew O'Hehir reviews 'Nil by Mouth,' written and directed by Gary Oldman and starring Ray Winstone Kathy Burke, Charlie Creed-Miles and Laila Morse.
Career Girls
Mike Leigh's 'Career Girls' takes a sharp look at the scarred, vital lives of two old friends.
Listening to the world
A conversation with Mike Leigh, director of "Naked," "Life is Sweet" and the new film, "Secrets and Lies."

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