Mike Leigh taps positive energy in movie
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Mike Leigh is celebrating the power of positive thinking in his new movie, "Happy-Go-Lucky," which debuted Tuesday at the Berlin film festival.
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We have been fed a staple diet of idealism in cinema, and it's actually nourishing!
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This week at Cannes has been one in which it has been blissfully easy to confirm your love for cinema, not your pessimism about the state of a beloved art.
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Natasha Lyonne, who is in rehearsal for a play by Mike Leigh, has traded some personal drama for the kind the public pays to see on stage.
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Couched in a familiar language of hope and redemption, âTyler Perryâs Why Did I Get Married?â benefits from one of the strongest casts of Tyler Perryâs career.
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Mike Leigh, one of Britain&#39;s best known and controversial film-makers, was celebrating a double triumph at the Venice film festival last night when his latest film won the Golden Lion prize
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Sharon Stone says she found her role as  a depressed and taciturn woman in her latest film strangely  uplifting, as it challenged what she called "Prozac society."
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Okay, a few days ago I wrote a review of the Diving Bell and the Butterfly saying it could be the best picture of 2007, but even so you might want to skip it because the truth it reveals might be something you don't want to look at. It's a fine picture, but a tough one. Another wonderful but tough picture is No Country for Old Men. It's one of those movies that leaves so much unresolved that you walk out of the theater not sure which foot goes in front of the other. On a second viewing it makes much more sense. The world isn't necessarily as crazy as it at first seemed. But there's a movie that is also incredibly well crafted, and gets better every time you think about it -- Juno. I didn't realize how much I liked it until I heard someone compare it to Little Miss Sunshine, a movie that I did not enjoy, unlike everyone else it seems. I loved Juno because it organizes its sweetness into love for one person, the star of the movie, Juno. But everyone, no matter how dorky or clueless (and some of the adults are truly dorky and clueless) shares the love. The movie has a wholeness, an unqualified goodness, you not only walk out of the theater in love with Juno and everyone else in the movie, but your heart is warmed for everyone, including yourself. It's that good.  All three remind how good movies can be. And there were some not-too-bad movies at the end of 2007, for example, Atonement, which some didn't like, but I did. 3:10 to Yuma is a well-crafted genre picture. Michael Clayton was a perfect showcase for the talents of George Clooney. Great acting and a simple story in The Savages.  Which one was the best? I'd hate to have to choose!
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With Vera Drake, Mike Leigh has made a film about abortion that is neither strident nor preachy
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Enjoy a new film that puts to good use the voices of Will Smith, Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese, and especially Renee Zellweger.
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Sally Hawkins won the Silver Bear prize for best actress at the 58th Berlin Film Festival Saturday for her performance as an infectiously optimistic school teacher in Mike Leigh's "Happy-Go-Lucky".
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&quot;Vera Drake&quot;, the haunting new drama from acclaimed British director Mike Leigh, has won the Golden Lion for best picture at the 61st Venice International Film Festival.
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Independent filmmaker Ken Loach hopes his new film will open people's eyes to economic exploitation.
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Janet Leigh&#39;s eyes darted back and forth and great beads of perspiration appeared on her forehead. It was after midnight in the Toronto cemetery of St.
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The biopic shows admirably how liberating, and threatening, the work of some scientists can be. It's a timely film, a reminder that scientists sometimes suffer in their efforts to reveal truths others would prefer remain hidden. Jason Silverman reviews Kinsey.
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âSky Captain and the World of Tomorrowâ is even more fun than it sounds like. In its heedless energy and joy, it reminded me of how I felt the first time I saw âRaiders of the Lost Ark
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The Shawshank Redemption, the 1994 movie staring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman, has been voted the top feel good movie of all time.