Mike Leigh
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Nascent studio also announces debut original movie: Doug Liman-directed sniper thriller The Wall, starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson
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At nearly 73, Salford’s finest film-maker has no plans for retiring – but he is pleased to see several of his key TV plays being made available online by the BBC. As he prepares to start on a new film about the Peterloo massacre, Leigh discusses Jeremy Corbyn, the licence fee and the one TV show he never misses
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The British director recalls childhood cinema magic… and an aversion to Antonioni
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Director and chairman of London Film School, says ad for role on shoot school had part-funded is regrettable error, and he strongly opposes unpaid labour
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Scene in which Spall’s (clothed) character has sex in Mike Leigh biopic helped make Mr Turner movie about which British Board of Film Classification received most complaints
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As a revival of David Halliwell’s cult comedy about disaffected youth and fascism opens in London, his friend and collaborator Mike Leigh says he should have been up there with Pinter and Stoppard
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More than 40 artists and film-makers write to Guardian to accuse cinemas of becoming ‘silent accomplices’ to persecution of Palestinian people
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Mike Leigh’s conventional production of The Pirates of Penzance highlights its enduring wit
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Mike Leigh, the great chronicler of real life in all its nitty gritty detail, swore he’d never direct an opera. So why is he tackling Gilbert and Sullivan’s swashbuckler?
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Company in financial peril bets on Pirates of Penzance to lift its fortunes in battle with Covent Garden
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Veteran British director to return to 19th century for a film based on the 1819 Peterloo massacre in Manchester
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From Harvey’s six-foot white rabbit to Mike Leigh’s hard-partying Abigail, some of the biggest characters around never set foot on stage
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From Boyhood to Birdman, Mr Turner to Wild, this year’s Academy Awards are in thrall to powers we can barely comprehend. But why have film-makers starting thinking so big?
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See how the winners reacted at the 2015 Baftas, from Ellar Coltrane and the Boyhood team's win for best film, to Eddie Redmayne and Julianne Moore claiming the top acting awards
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Guardian photographer Sarah Lee gets an exclusive look behind the scenes at this year’s Baftas at the Royal Opera House – from a chortling Michael Keaton to a sparkling Julie Walters
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Richard Linklater’s 12-year labour of love collects best picture, but Wes Anderson’s comic fable wins big with five awards
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Hidden messages, furtive feelings, lyrical leaks, surreptitious spying, suggest your selections about the covert and hush-hush – it will all come out in song form, says Peter Kimpton
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Richard Linklater’s coming-of-age drama wins big, but Mike Leigh’s Turner biopic manages just one award
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The director has made little secret of his contempt for the awards body. Does that explain why Mr Turner has received so few nominations, asks Ryan Gilbey
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Wes Anderson’s film leads the pack with 11 nominations, while homegrown hits The Imitation Game and The Theory of Everything also fare well – but there’s big disappointment for Mike Leigh’s Turner biopic
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Although he’s obviously fond of turning things down, Jim Broadbent is rarely off the screen, with two new films – Paddington and Get Santa – coming soon. But what makes him really happy is sculpting funny little wooden people ...
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Acclaimed director of Mr Turner says family rows provided a lifetime of dramatic material
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Charles Gant: Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi film tops the UK chart with an epic weekend gross, while Mike Leigh’s art biopic makes its mark
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Mike Leigh’s impeccably researched, beautifully filmed but dull film has to join the dots in order to describe the private life of the highly secretive painter, writes Alex von Tunzelmann
Mike Leigh on Abigail’s Party at 40: 'I was sure it would sink without trace'