Mike Leigh

"Happy-Go-Lucky" "Happy-Go-Lucky"

Sally Hawkins gives the finest performance of the year in Mike Leigh's intimate masterpiece.
By Stephanie Zacharek Oct 10, 2008

  • The British indie explosion

    Dazzling direction, Oscar-worthy performances and strong narratives -- the Brits are doing what the Yanks can't
    By Andrew O'Hehir October 8, 2009

  • Angelina, Mickey Rourke and disco madness

    From Clint's "Changeling" to Soderbergh's "Che" and beyond, the New York Film Festival sets the table for the fall's Oscar hopefuls, art-house maybes and wild-eyed cinematic rebels.
    By Andrew O'Hehir September 25, 2008

  • Mike Leigh's "Happy" days

    The celebrated director talks about his buoyant, bighearted new picture, "Happy-Go-Lucky." (Toronto Film Festival)
    By Stephanie Zacharek September 10, 2008

  • Cop thriller takes top Berlin prize

    Brazil's controversial "Elite Squad" nails Golden Bear; Errol Morris, Paul Thomas Anderson also honored.
    By Andrew O'Hehir February 18, 2008

  • "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 . . .
    By Charles Taylor October 7, 2004

  • "All or Nothing"

    Mike Leigh returns to the council flats of London -- and delivers a richly Dickensian masterpiece about working-class family life.
    By Charles Taylor November 1, 2002

  • 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.
    By Allison Anders September 30, 2002

  • 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.
    By Virginia Vitzthum March 21, 2000

  • 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.
    By Cintra Wilson February 3, 2000

  • The roar of the greasepaint, the smell of the crowd

    Director Mike Leigh gives Gilbert and Sullivan the Dickens in "Topsy-Turvy."
    By Michael Sragow December 23, 1999

  • My Name is Joe

    British filmmaker Ken Loach returns to working-class Glasgow in his dark masterpiece 'My Name is Joe'
    By Andrew O'Hehir January 22, 1999

  • "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.
    By Andrew O'Hehir January 30, 1998

  • Career Girls

    Mike Leigh's 'Career Girls' takes a sharp look at the scarred, vital lives of two old friends.
    By Laura Miller September 15, 1997

  • Listening to the world

    A conversation with Mike Leigh, director of "Naked," "Life is Sweet" and the new film, "Secrets and Lies."
    September 16, 1996
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