Tag: Mike Leigh
Hard Truths | 2024 Toronto Intl. Film Festival Review
Take A Chance On Love: Mike Leigh Delivers A Late Career Powerhouse
You can’t help but wonder if Mike Leigh is making a sly joke...
2024 NYFF: Corbet, Tsangari, Baker, Lesage, Guiraudie Plus Surprise Devor & Loktev Titles in Main Slate
We got a nice sampling of Berlinale (e.g. the Golden Bear winner Dahomey) and Cannes (e.g. the Palme d'Or winner Anora) items with a...
2024 San Sebastián: Alberdi, Ozon, Oppenheimer, Costa-Gavras, Leigh & Laura Carreira & Xin Huo Debuts in Comp
Eleven Golden Shell competition films have been announced this morning, joining the previously selected quintet. This year's lineup features a mix of veteran directors,...
2024 TIFF: 10 Key Take-Aways From Gala & Special Presentations Announcement
The 49th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival has unveiled its Gala and Special Presentations programs and now have have confirmations not only...
2024 Cannes Film Festival Predictions – 25 Possible Palme d’Or Competition Films
Usually in the twenty to twenty-two film range, the competition for the Palme d'Or has been a tad more inclusive in recent years in...
Top 10 Takeaways from the Mike Leigh Masterclass | 2019 Luxembourg City Film Festival
Sitting down with French critic Michel Ciment, Mike Leigh delivered last week a masterclass at the Luxembourg City Film Festival, touching on career milestones...
2018 Venice Film Festival: Jennifer Kent, Alverson, Corbet, Schnabel & Coen Bros. in Comp
Surprise, surprise. At the end of the day, Ethan and Joel Coen's The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is a feature film (not a series)...
IONCINEPHILE of the Month: Iram Haq’s Top Ten Films of All Time List
Have you ever wondered what are the films that inspire the next generation of visionary filmmakers? As part of our monthly IONCINEPHILE profile, we...
The Conversation – Cannes Predictions IV: Brit Helmers Leigh, Hogg & Strickland Lead Anglo Contingency
On the British side, Mike Leigh’s Peterloo was once assumedly a for sure thing (he won the Palme in 1996 for Secrets & Lies),...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #17. Mike Leigh’s Peterloo
Peterloo
British auteur Mike Leigh should be all set with his long-gestating Peterloo in 2018. His latest serves as a striking departure from his recent...
Through the Looking-Glass…Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2018: #100-11
As the cinematic landscape begins to take shape with the upcoming editions of Sundance, Berlin, and Rotterdam, here are 100 titles of note to...
IONCINEPHILE of the Month: Lance Edmands’ Top Eight Films….
Have you ever wondered what are the films that inspire the next generation of visionary filmmakers? As part of our monthly IONCINEPHILE profile, we...
European Film Awards: Vogt, Östlund, Pawlikowski, Zvyagintsev , Glazer & Ceylan Among 50 Contenders
This year’s European Film Awards are officially out of the gates with a not so lean 50 film submissions to select from. The 27th...
2014 NYFF: Chazelle, Broomfield, Bonello, Ferrara, Sang-soo, Hansen-Løve Make Cut
While Sundance (Damien Chazelle's Whiplash and Alex Ross Perry's Listen Up Philip) and Berlin (Dominik Graf's Beloved Sisters, Yann Demange's ’71, Alain Resnais' Life...
Latest From Ozon, Bahrani, Baumbach, Gordon Green, Petzold & Hansen-Løve Heading to TIFF…Telluride & Venice
Much like back to school sales in mid July, in our books, TIFF's first announcement wave reminds us that the end of summer is...
2014 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 1: Leigh Paints Strong Canvas with “Mr. Turner” & Sissako’s Mixes Humor & Sorrow in “Timbuktu”
According to our Cannes Critics' Panel, it may not top Topsy Turvy, but Mike Leigh's 2 plus hour portrait starring Timothy Stall paints a strong...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #19. Mike Leigh’s Mr. Turner
Mr. Turner
Director: Mike Leigh
Writer: Mike Leigh
Producer: Georgina Lowe
U.S. Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Cast: Timothy Spall, Lesley Manville, Julian Seager
As he has proven on several occasions...
SPC Paint Mike Leigh’s JMW Turner Biopic on 2014 Canvas
After their previous collaboration in the Academy Award nominated film Another Year, Sony Pictures Classics and acclaimed director Mike Leigh will join forces to...
From Faith Akin to Craig Zobel: Our Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2014
Before we unleash the beast that is our annual Top 100 Most Anticipated Films List for 2013, we thought we'd give our readers an...