The Latest Breaking News from Mike Leigh

Mike Leigh's Tender Loving Care is likely to be his last film

Mike Leigh admits that Tender Loving Care, his new comedy-drama movie, could be the last project of his career.

BANG Premier · Sep 22

Contemporary Films had a global impact and influenced my career as a director

Letters: Ross Devenish says he owes a debt to the British film distributor, while Kal Hodgson invites Mike Leigh to join the Manchester and Salford Film Society

The Guardian - UK · Sep 7

Tender Loving Care review – Mike Leigh’s tender and elusive study of love and mortality

Alice Bailey Johnson and Kate O’Flynn lead a tender, quietly heartbreaking drama about friendship, ageing parents and the sadness of lives moving inexorably on

The Guardian - UK · Sep 5

Abigail's Party at Harold Pinter Theatre review: A deeply enjoyable dinner party from hell

4/5

Evening Standard · Aug 20

Mike Leigh says new film ‘likely’ to be his last – here’s why

IN FULL

The Independent UK · Jul 29

Mike Leigh says new film likely to be his last due to health issues

British filmmaker, 83, doesn’t think making a new movie will be possible

The Independent UK · Jul 29

Director Mike Leigh likely to retire after his next film due to illness

Film-maker’s drama Tender Loving Care ‘likely’ his final one as he manages myositis, a disease affecting immune system

The Guardian - US · Jul 28

Eric Allan obituary

Actor who played farmhand Bert Fry in The Archers for 24 years, and appeared in early episodes of Emmerdale Farm

The Guardian - UK · Mar 13

Chic couture, bio-terror and a whole load of Mike Leigh: Lesley Manville’s finest films – ranked!

With her 70th birthday around the corner, we assess the greatest screen outings of everybody’s favourite underrated doyenne of British cinema

The Guardian - UK · Mar 5

90s films that defined the decade: nine incredible cult classics

The 1990s gave rise to the blockbuster film as we know it. But in the shadow of these cinematic giants, a crop of cult hits made their way into film history

The Guardian - UK · Feb 5