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NewsSimon Mein, UK stills photographer including for Mike Leigh films, dies aged 68
Mein worked on every Leigh film since ‘Life Is Sweet’.
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NewsDick Pope, cinematographer for Mike Leigh films including ‘Hard Truths’, dies aged 77
Pope was Oscar-nominated for filming Leigh’s ‘Mr. Turner’ and Neil Burger’s ‘The Illusionist’.
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NewsMike Leigh to be honoured at Malta’s Mediterrane film festival
The UK director will also host a masterclass.
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NewsToronto adds Angelina Jolie, Mike Leigh, Edward Burns, David Mackenzie titles
Festival runs September 5-15.
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FeaturesIn conversation: ‘Hard Truths’ duo Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Michele Austin on Mike Leigh’s unique process
Longtime Mike Leigh collaborators play two very different sisters living in north London.
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Reviews‘Hard Truths’: San Sebastián Review
Mike Leigh bites back with this trenchant piece starring a superb Marianne-Jean Baptiste
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FeaturesMike Leigh, Mr. Turner
Mike Leigh talks to John Hazelton about raising finance, going digital and the importance of research in creating three-dimensional and historically accurate characters for his latest feature, Mr. Turner.
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FeaturesMike Leigh, Mr. Turner
Mike Leigh returns to the Croisette for a fifth time with his biggest-canvas film to date, a biopic of British Romantic painter JMW Turner, who was known as the ‘painter of light’.
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NewsStudiocanal takes Mike Leigh’s untitled next film for UK distribution (exclusive)
First time the distributor has handled Leigh’s work theatrically.
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