FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 3 - The Untold Story

Roger Pratt obituary

Oscar-nominated cinematographer who helped create the look of Tim Burton’s Batman and Terry Gilliam’s Brazil, as well as two Harry Potter films

The Guardian - UK · Jan 10, 2025

Clues, improvisation and anti-pigeon devices – the vision behind Mike Leigh’s new film Hard Truths

The director’s trademark extemporising extends to touring suburbia to find the perfect setting for his latest production

The Guardian - UK · Jan 5, 2025

Mark Kermode on… director Sean Baker, who thrillingly puts the marginalised centre stage

The American indie director who made his mark with Tangerine and The Florida Project, and whose latest film, Anora, is an Oscars favourite, owes an unlikely debt to British social realists Mike Leigh and Ken Loach

The Guardian - UK · Jan 4, 2025

Best movies of 2024 in the US: No 5 – Hard Truths

Marianne Jean-Baptiste gives an immense, acidic performance as Pansy, a woman on the edge, in Mike Leigh’s strange, morbid miracle of a film

The Guardian - US · Dec 16, 2024

Mike Leigh and Marianne Jean-Baptiste on rage, sex and insults: ‘There’s an intolerance in society now’

The director and actor talk about identifying with the angry lead in their new film Hard Truths – and why it took Netflix less than a minute to turn the movie down

The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2024

The Pirates of Penzance review – not modern nor general but major fun in revival of Mike Leigh’s trad staging

Gilbert & Sullivan stalwarts Richard Suart and John Savourin ensure that English National Opera’s staging buckles your swashes; and, as apprentice pirate Frederic, William Morgan is genuinely funny

The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2024

The Pirates of Penzance at the London Coliseum review: bold, bright and inviting as a comic strip

4/5 Mike Leigh’s take on the production is comparatively sober, but don’t worry: there’s still humour in spades

Evening Standard · Dec 3, 2024

Film advent calendar: 24 festive movies chosen by leading film figures

​Count down to Christmas with favourites selected by Sean Baker, Gillian Anderson, John Waters, Mike Leigh, Gurinder Chadha, Will Sharpe and more

The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2024

Film advent calendar: count down to Christmas with 24 movies chosen by leading actors and directors

Sean Baker, Gillian Anderson, Mike Leigh, Gurinder Chadha and other figures from film and television select their festive favourites

The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2024

Mark Kermode on… director Mike Leigh, who mines the comedy and tragedy of life

From Nuts in May to Vera Drake and the forthcoming Hard Truths, Leigh’s unique creative process gives us perfectly crafted dramas and characters who feel real

The Guardian - UK · Nov 30, 2024