Mike Leigh

Film-maker

‘Covering the Cannes Festival is the hardest job in the world. Pity Us’

Donald Clarke: The #sordidtruth about covering Cannes in the age of Twitter

Sat May 18 2019 - 05:00

Madonna to perform two songs at Eurovision 2019 in Israel

Madonna will sing as a special guest at next month’s Eurovision in Tel Aviv

Tue Apr 09 2019 - 13:03

Claire Foy: ‘Pain plays a big part in all the characters I play’

‘I have an aversion to be being told I have to look a certain way to be an actress’

Sat Nov 10 2018 - 05:00

Mike Leigh: ‘Brexit was a terrible manipulation of people and their needs’

The director on why he's telling the story of a very British massacre, disagreeing with Jeremy Corbyn and avoiding 'thick actors'

Sat Nov 03 2018 - 06:15

TCD hit by Brexit, Whitey Bulger, Student ‘wage theft’ in Australia

News, views and opinions from Student Hub contributors and Irish Times writers

Fri Nov 02 2018 - 12:07

Peterloo review: a beautiful history lesson but where’s the Mike Leigh grit?

Who thought we’d end up praising the facets of a Leigh film that feel most like the work of David Lean?

Wed Oct 31 2018 - 06:30

Calling Natalie Portman a ‘supporting actor’ is like saying Thumper is the star of ‘Bambi’

Why is ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ not a musical? Because it wants to be an Oscar contender

Mon Oct 22 2018 - 11:35

Patrick Freyne: My day with Steven Seagal, Putin’s new envoy

I didn’t know he was accused of sexual assault and was an apologist for a KGB-trained autocrat

Sat Aug 11 2018 - 05:00

Irish films in the mix at Venice and Toronto festivals

The Favourite from Yorgos Lanthimos will compete for the Golden Lion at Venice and John Butler’s Papi Chulo will premiere at Toronto

Thu Jul 26 2018 - 07:00

‘It shouldn’t be political to show what it takes for people to survive’

Director Debra Granik on her new film ‘Leave No Trace’ and her biggest movie-making influences

Thu Jun 21 2018 - 06:00

Pressure builds on Russia to release hunger-striking Ukrainian prisoner

Oleg Sentsov is serving a 20-year sentence on terrorism charges thought to have been fabricated

Sat Jun 02 2018 - 05:01

Gaz Coombes: On My Culture Radar

Singer on how David Hockney inspired his album artwork, and the energy of New York

Sat May 12 2018 - 05:00

Cannes 2018: line-up features Jean-Luc Godard, Spike Lee and fresh faces

Programme flush with exciting talent but only three of 18 films competing for Palme d’Or have female directors

Thu Apr 12 2018 - 13:44

‘Michael Inside’ – how prison affects a teenaged first-timer

‘A lot of the former prisoners said the story of the film is very much their story’

Tue Apr 03 2018 - 05:00

Imelda Staunton: The Irish dancing teacher slapped me. I thought ‘I’m never coming back’

Oscar-nominated actor on breaking through age barriers, Harry Potter and why she hates Irish dancing

Fri Feb 23 2018 - 05:50

Men in pieces: Raw displays of vulnerability

After a year in which three well-known Northern actors took their lives, a three-week programme of events, Edgefest, focuses on male mental health

Wed Jan 31 2018 - 10:00

Ethan Hawke: ‘It’s a dance with fire. I saw that with River’s death'

Hawke was a posterboy for generation X actors. But after seeing first hand where his precocious talent could lead, he's become a thoughtful veteran of the Hollywood machine

Fri Jul 28 2017 - 05:00

Dublin Boyz n the Hood and gruesome gangland consequence

‘Cardboard Gangsters’ is a ’hood film, not a gangster film, says director Mark O’Connor

Mon Jun 05 2017 - 06:00

Broken relentlessly maps the landscape of everyday suffering

Anna Friel is brilliant as the lead in Jimmy McGovern’s bleak drama about faith and desperation

Wed May 31 2017 - 11:00

Royle Family star remembered by fellow actors

Co-stars and directors pay tribute to Liz Smith who died aged 95 on Christmas Eve

Tue Dec 27 2016 - 15:29