Renowned British filmmaker Mike Leigh believes that if the subjects of his 2018 historical drama “Peterloo” were alive to see the upcoming U.K. general elections they would be “not only horrified but ...

film profile] next week. The film is about the 1819 massacre by government forces at a peaceful pro-democracy rally at St Peter’s Field in Manchester, when 700 working people were injured, and 18 ...

Mike Leigh's spawling, intricately detailed film will give you a good overview of that appalling day in British history; on 16 August 1819 an undisciplined and badly led group of mounted and foot ...

Award-winning director Mike Leigh is heading back to his home city for his next film - about the 19th century Peterloo massacre of protesters at a democracy rally. Critics' favourite Leigh, who has ...

As per usual for the iconoclast, everything is being kept under wraps on the feature, which was due to go into production in 2020 and is Leigh's first since 2018's 'Peterloo.' By Alex Ritman U.K.

For his next project, lovable, rosy-cheeked, St. Nick-like imp-man Mike Leigh will be tackling the 1819 Peterloo Massacre, in which a large crowd of pro-reform demonstrators in Manchester were ...

Cathal McGuinness is a recent college graduate from Dublin, Ireland. He has been writing short stories and articles from the age of 15. He was awarded the George Dempsey prize for English Prose ...

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