The Peterloo Massacre is a defining moment in British history and one which shaped irrevocably the future of the working class, print journalism, and government. But Mike Leigh's Peterloo movie falls ...

Mike Leigh’s “Peterloo” is set to have its U.K. premiere as part of the BFI London Film Festival, but in an unusual move, the Oct. 17 gala screening will take place in the city of Manchester, where ...

A new film about the tragedy is ‘purest Mike Leigh in the best sense’ and ‘should resonate in the present’, writes critic Caryn James. Mike Leigh’s Peterloo builds toward a vibrantly realised moment ...

Labour MP Chris Williamson certainly seems to have enjoyed Mike Leigh’s new film Peterloo, which recreates the 1819 massacre in St Peter’s Field in Manchester. Williamson, the Corbynite member for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An odd irony drives “Peterloo” forward. Mike Leigh’s expansive, exhaustive, and extraordinarily thorough portrait of early ...

For two filmmakers who have, for much of their careers, been bracketed as twin bastions of British social realism, Mike Leigh and Ken Loach have never had much in common. Where Loach has long worn his ...

"The corrupt order will come crashing down!!" Amazon Studios has debuted the first official teaser trailer for Peterloo, the latest film from acclaimed, Oscar-winning English filmmaker Mike Leigh ...

The official synopsis reads: "An epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a peaceful pro-democracy rally at St Peter's Field in Manchester turned into one of ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: You’ve likely heard of the Battle of Waterloo, and perhaps you’ve even seen the 1970 film, Waterloo, which starred Rod Steiger as the infamous French emperor, Napoleon ...

The acclaimed director talks to Tim Lewis about his new film, Peterloo, and, further down, answers questions about creative freedom, beards, James Bond - and what Rada didn’t teach him Mike Leigh sits ...

The actor is best known for his comic roles in Blackadder, but he is most proud of his work for Mike Leigh’s new film, in which he memorably plays a bloated and obscene Prince Regent The Prince Regent ...

Mike Leigh's sprawling portrayal of the class war building to the 1819 Peterloo Massacre is narratively stuffy but politically rousing. That makes “Peterloo” a frequently rousing experience, ...