Mike Leigh

Mike Leigh appears in the following:

Director Mike Leigh on Career Retrospective at Lincoln Center

Friday, May 27, 2022

British director Mike Leigh joins us to discuss his career ahead of the retrospective running at Film at Lincoln Center.

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Mike Leigh: Most Movies Are Boring

Thursday, January 08, 2015

After decades of making acclaimed movies about how we live now, the auteur has turned to history with a portrait of J.M.W. Turner, one of Britain’s greatest artists.

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Mike Leigh’s “Happy-Go-Lucky”

Friday, October 10, 2008

Director Mike Leigh talks about his new film, “Happy-Go-Lucky,” which critics have noted is more upbeat than is usual for him! It’s about the life of Poppy, a North London schoolteacher whose optimism is sometimes exasperating. It opens on Fri. Oct. 10 at the Landmark Sunshine and Lincoln Plaza cinemas. ...

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Movie Friday

Friday, October 10, 2008

We kick off with some of the world's leading filmmakers: Mike Leigh, and then Wong Kar Wai and his longtime cinematographer Christopher Doyle. Also: a look at J.B. Priestley’s 1957 play "The Glass Cage." And Please Explain is all about photosynthesis, and why it brings us beautiful fall ...

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