Archive for the ‘mike leigh’ Category
February 4, 2009
FR/UK, 142 min

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Tags:adoption, brenda blethyn, brit, council housing, fertility, race, sullen daughters/sons, timothy spall
Posted in england, mike leigh, ә, paynith | Leave a Comment »
February 4, 2009
UK, 80 min

i have never found an early leigh i didn’t like. marvelous.

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Tags:brit, dinner party, manners, stockbrokers, teleplay
Posted in 1979, Ø, Þ, england, mike leigh, ә, paynith, yesss! | Leave a Comment »
February 4, 2009
Play for Today
UK, 102 min

ta
o-kay?
yeuhh
imdb :: wiki
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Tags:'70s, alcohol, bourgeoisie, brit, colors, devastating, marriage, steadman, teleplay, tom jones
Posted in 1977, №, Ø, Þ, england, β, mike leigh, ordet, ә, yesss! | Leave a Comment »
February 3, 2009

seventy-two chews?
candice-marie questions keith
tree branch duelists pwn
imdb :: carney
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Tags:brit, calisthenics, camping, imaginative prisons, raw milk, sing-a-long, teleplay, the country code, vegetarians
Posted in 1976, №, Ø, Þ, england, mike leigh, ordet, ә, ray carney, yesss! | Leave a Comment »
February 3, 2009

phil davis’ bearded
form will make you writhe with glee
until his mom bums you out
wiki : carney

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Tags:alzheimer's, brit, class consciousness, concordia discours, council housing, elderly, phil davis, play of differences, socialism
Posted in 1988, Þ, england, mike leigh, ordet, ә, ray carney, yesss! | Leave a Comment »
January 28, 2009
UK, 17 min

i’ll put it on youtube
for all of
you…
(see below)
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Tags:brit, dating, hair, jokes, nerd, salon, steadman, sullen/nasty son or daughter, thewlis
Posted in 1987, Þ, england, mike leigh, ә, paynith, ray carney, short, uncategorized, yesss! | Leave a Comment »
January 26, 2009
UK, 30 min

all mike leigh soothes me
… what is it about the brits?
(i loves me some proles)
bfi :: imdb
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Tags:awkwardness, brit, dating, eating, pigs, tea, teleplay, virgin
Posted in 1975, Þ, england, mike leigh, ә, paynith, short | Leave a Comment »
January 26, 2009

home fucking run.

a sampler scene… (or view entire post to watch from the beginning):
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Tags:brit, council housing, devastating, lesley manville, lindsay duncan, neighbors, phil davis, privacy
Posted in 1980, Ø, Þ, england, mike leigh, ordet, ә, ray carney, yesss! | Leave a Comment »
January 22, 2009

opening scene:

reel: “Offbeat, low-key, slowly unfolding ensemble black comedy paints slice-of-life portrait of working-class British family. Critics raved. Fans of vibrant, character-driven vignettes will enjoy this bittersweet, realistically gritty, thought-provoking art-house sleeper.”
wiki :: imdb

Tags:brit, food service, in the fullness of time, plumbing
Posted in 1991, №, Þ, england, mike leigh, ordet, ә, ray carney, yesss! | Leave a Comment »