http://dir.salon.com/topics/mike_leigh/?source=rss&aim=mike_leigh en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2008/10/10/happy_go_lucky/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2008/10/10/happy_go_lucky/index.html?source=rss Sally Hawkins gives the finest performance of the year in Mike Leigh's intimate masterpiece. By Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/10/08/brit_indies/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/10/08/brit_indies/index.html?source=rss Dazzling direction, Oscar-worthy performances and strong narratives -- the Brits are doing what the Yanks can't By Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/09/25/nyff_preview/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/09/25/nyff_preview/index.html?source=rss 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 Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2008/09/10/leigh/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2008/09/10/leigh/index.html?source=rss The celebrated director talks about his buoyant, bighearted new picture, "Happy-Go-Lucky." (Toronto Film Festival) By Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/2008/02/18/berlin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/2008/02/18/berlin/index.html?source=rss Brazil's controversial "Elite Squad" nails Golden Bear; Errol Morris, Paul Thomas Anderson also honored. By Charles Taylor Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/indie/2004/10/07/vera_drake/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/indie/2004/10/07/vera_drake/index.html?source=rss 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 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2002/11/01/all_or_nothing/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2002/11/01/all_or_nothing/index.html?source=rss Mike Leigh returns to the council flats of London -- and delivers a richly Dickensian masterpiece about working-class family life. By Allison Anders Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2002/09/30/cartlidge/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2002/09/30/cartlidge/index.html?source=rss 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 Virginia Vitzthum Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/col/vitz/2000/03/21/hollywood/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/col/vitz/2000/03/21/hollywood/index.html?source=rss 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 Cintra Wilson Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/col/cintra/2000/02/03/bestyears/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/col/cintra/2000/02/03/bestyears/index.html?source=rss 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 Michael Sragow Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/1999/12/23/leigh/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/1999/12/23/leigh/index.html?source=rss Director Mike Leigh gives Gilbert and Sullivan the Dickens in "Topsy-Turvy." By Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1999/01/22/reviewb/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1999/01/22/reviewb/index.html?source=rss British filmmaker Ken Loach returns to working-class Glasgow in his dark masterpiece 'My Name is Joe' By Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1998/01/30/nilbymouth/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1998/01/30/nilbymouth/index.html?source=rss 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 Laura Miller Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1997/09/15/career/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1997/09/15/career/index.html?source=rss Mike Leigh's 'Career Girls' takes a sharp look at the scarred, vital lives of two old friends. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/int/1996/09/16/interview960916/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/int/1996/09/16/interview960916/index.html?source=rss A conversation with Mike Leigh, director of "Naked," "Life is Sweet" and the new film, "Secrets and Lies."