Eva Mendes Wants Unattractive Film Roles
5th April 2013
Eva Mendes likes to look ugly on set.The sultry star is known as one of the sexiest women in the...
Eva Mendes Still Waiting To Work With Mike Leigh
5th April 2013
Hollywood actress Eva Mendes has spent eight years waiting for a call from Mike Leigh after asking the British director...
Jason Statham Always Wanted To Be Action Star
27th August 2012
Jason Statham was always determined to be the ''next action hero''.The 'Expendables' 2 star dated model-and-actress Kelly Brook for seven...
Alison Steadman's No Work Talk At Home Rule
4th July 2012
Alison Steadman and Mike Leigh never discussed work at home.The actress - who married the director in 1973 and split...
Berlinale Jury Meets The Press
9th February 2012
The ever-provocative British director Mike Leigh ( Secrets and Lies, Vera Drake, Happy-Go-Lucky, Another Year ) showed that he has...
John Hurt Honoured For Outstanding Contribution To British Cinema
27th January 2012
John Hurt is to receive the Outstanding Contribution to British Cinema Award at the BaftAs in February.The seventy two year...
Emily Watson: 'Steven Spielberg Is A Horse Whisperer'
11th January 2012
Emily Watson thinks Steven Spielberg is like a "horse whisperer" as a director.The British actress plays a leading role in...
Mike Leigh To Head Jury At Berlin Film Festival
2nd December 2011
The Berlin Film Festival has selected award-winning British director Mike Leigh to head the jury at next year's annual competition...
Mike Leigh Returning To Berlin Film Festival As Jury President
2nd December 2011
Revered British director Mike Leigh will head the judging panel at next year's (12) Berlin International Film Festival.The Vera Drake...
Judi Dench Given Bfi Fellowship
23rd June 2011
Dame Judi Dench has been honoured with a Fellowship Award at the British Film Institute (BFI). The Oscar-winning actress -...
Dame Judi Dench & Julie Christie Back Call To Decriminalise Drugs In U.k.
2nd June 2011
Dame Judi Dench, Julie Christie and moviemaker Mike Leigh are among the stars urging U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron to...
Harry Potter Movies To Receive Bafta
3rd February 2011
The 'Harry Potter' film franchise will receive the award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema at this year's BAFTAs.JK Rowling...
The King's Speech Leads Oscars With 12 Nominations
25th January 2011
The 'King's Speech' leads the nominations at the 83rd Academy Awards with nods in 12 categories.Among the Oscars the Tom...
Kristin Scott Thomas Lands Prize From London Film Critics' Circle
25th January 2011
Kristin Scott Thomas is being honoured with the Dilys Powell Award by the London Film Critics' Circle. The 'Nowhere Boy'...
Black Swan Dominates Critics' Choice Movie Awards
13th December 2010
'Black Swan' has scooped 12 nominations at the 16th annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards. The Darren Aronofsky-directed movie - which...
Fascinating Fact 10486
8th December 2010
British director MIKE LEIGH is returning to his theatre roots for the first time in five years. The Vera Drake...
Leigh Unimpressed With Acting Talent
1st November 2010
Moviemaker MIKE LEIGH is unimpressed with the quality of emerging actors, branding many new stars "thick" and not "versatile".The director...
Leigh Pulls Out Of Film Festival Over Israel's New Citizens Bill
18th October 2010
British moviemaker MIKE LEIGH has abandoned a promotional trip to Israel to protest against a proposed loyalty oath for the...
Danny Boyle Gets Bfi Fellowship
29th September 2010
Danny Boyle is to receive a British Film Institute Fellowship.The Oscar-winning director - whose new movie '127 Hours' closes this...
Natalie Portman For London Film Festival
8th September 2010
Natalie Portman will attend the BFI London Film Festival.The Hollywood actress - who is one of a host of stars...
Black Swan Set For London Film Festival
8th September 2010
Darren Aronofsky's 'Black Swan' is among the movies set to be shown at the London Film Festival.The thriller - which...
The Things They Say 17612
10th August 2010
"He's one of the funniest people I've ever met. He tells jokes. There are actors who tell jokes and are...
Leigh Fuming Over Film Council Closure
27th July 2010
British director MIKE LEIGH has criticised the U.K. government over its decision to shut down one of the country's leading...
Thai Director Wins Palme D'or
24th May 2010
Apichatpong Weerasethakul has won the Palme d'Or prize at the Cannes Film Festival. The Thai director's film 'Uncle Boonmee Who...
No Frontrunner At Cannes, Critics Say
21st May 2010
The Cannes Film Festival is going into its final hours without a clear frontrunner for its top Palme d'Or prize,...
Cate Blanchett Opens Cannes Film Festival
12th May 2010
Cate Blanchett and Russell Crowe have opened the 63rd Cannes Film Festival in France.The Australian actors - who star in...
Cannes Lineup Announced
15th April 2010
British director Mike Leigh, who has already won the Cannes Film Festival's top Palme d'Or award twice, will be going...
Mike Leigh Up For Palme D'or
15th April 2010
Films from Woody Allen, Mike Leigh and Oliver Stone will all play at this year's Cannes Film Festival. Leigh's comedy...
Producer Channing-williams Dead
14th April 2009
British director MIKE LEIGH has paid tribute to film producer SIMON CHANNING-WILLIAMS, who died at the weekend (11-12Apr09). Channing-Williams passed away...
The Things They Say 8502
6th June 2008
"I'll go on until I drop. Even after I am dead I'll carry on making films." Moviemaker MIKE LEIGH will...
