Mike Leigh News, Pictures & Buzz

Harlequins host Sale as Gallagher Premiership resumes after five-month hiatus  Leigh Journal

Pitt Co. agricultural workers receive PPE to protect against COVID-19  WNCT

North American Maiden Winners August 13  Brisnet.com

TikTok ban in US to be challenged  Leigh Journal

Maudine Jewel Calhoun Jacobs - Mississippi's Best Community Newspaper | Mississippi's Best Community Newspaper  Natchez Democrat

Alexco Resource Corp (AXU) CEO Clynton Nauman on Q2 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript  Seeking Alpha

Eastwood's Graber leads four lettermen on the links  Press Publications Inc.

Golfing for Va. Tech scholarships  Independent-Messenger

Trump hails 'historic moment' as Israel and UAE agree diplomacy deal  Leigh Journal

Business Moves with Mary: New salon opens in Starkville  The Commercial Dispatch

The Crown: Jonathan Pryce will play Prince Philip in final series of Netflix drama  Sky News

Mesut Ozil disappointed with Arsenal reaction after his Uighur Muslims comments  Leigh Journal

2020 A-level results day  Clacton and Frinton Gazette

Take frozen curry, buy a blackout tent: 16 expert tips for the perfect camping trip  The Guardian

Young Jaguars aim to make their own mark  Columbus Telegram

WA AIDS Council and Perth Steam Works renew partnership  OUTinPerth

Toronto Raptors snatch last-gasp 125-121 win against Philadelphia 76ers  Leigh Journal

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris take aim at Donald Trump in debut appearance  Leigh Journal

Deadline passes for candidates to declare for local office  The Union of Grass Valley

You know Jake's dad from I'm Thinking Of Ending Things  Looper

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nostalgia_movie: RT @lunarscp: Mike Leigh's 'Topsy-Turvy'. (1999) https://t.co/91mJJlXlnK

robkowa: ah Mike Leigh movies. I want to shoot myself

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Hussadarwish: RT @MelanchoIicMind: Naked (Mike Leigh, 1993) https://t.co/G4rGMvG22x

I know that they had olives and drank bacardi as they are discussed in the script. Thanks.

His films aren't "accessible" enough for him to be a Nolan/Spielberg/Tarantino level household name, but he has been nominated for seven Oscars to date, the most recent for writing Another Year (now playing in theatres). I love how disinterested he is in the trappings of Hollywood. He almost never uses A-list American stars. Instead he draws on the cream of the English character-acting crop, including the likes of Jim Broadbent, Sally Hawkins, Lesley Manville, Eddie Marsan, Timothy Spall, Imelda Staunton, and David Thewlis. You'll often see these actors in supporting roles in big Hollywood movies (say, Marsan in Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes or Staunton & Thewlis in the Harry Potter series), but Leigh lets them headline his films, putting their brilliance, charm, and electrifying abilities to full use. His films always have a very appealing, "loose" quality. He doesn't write full screenplays; instead, he outlines characters and scenarios and then, with his cast, fills in the blanks via improvisation and on-set conversations. To watch a Mike Leigh film is to watch a film unconcerned with artificial drama, but fascinated by slice-of-life style observations. By simply showing interesting, "regular" lives on the screen, in films such as Secrets & Lies, Vera Drake, and Another Year, he cuts to the bone of the human condition. His films tend to be hilarious and painful, often at the same times. The way life so often is. So, I'm a big fan, obviously. Anyone else? Bonus Q: Favorite Mike Leigh film?