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Peterloo

a long talk Nov. 22, 2021

Leave Mike Leigh AloneAfter all these years, the fascinating director still won’t take a job “if there’s the remotest possibility anybody is going to interfere.”

By Bilge Ebiri
one grand books Apr. 26, 2019

Mike Leigh’s 10 Favorite BooksUpton Sinclair, Gabriel Garcia Márquez, and more.

By Mike Leigh

chat room Apr. 4, 2019

Peterloo Is Mike Leigh’s Biggest Movie, But He’d Rather Not Talk About That“I’ve made lots of films about trios of people arguing with each other in suburban back gardens, but in the end it’s the same thing.”

By Nate Jones
movie review Apr. 3, 2019

Don’t Let the Funny Hats Fool You, Mike Leigh’s Peterloo Is an Incendiary FilmThe historical drama gives us an anatomy of a political movement that feels utterly contemporary and urgent.

By Emily Yoshida
trailer mix July 24, 2018

I Am Agog at the Stunning Re-creation of 1819 Massacre in the Peterloo TrailerDown with the Corn Laws!

By Nate Jones