On a warm day in August of 1819, 60,000 English people descended on St. Peter’s Fields, a town square in the northern city of Manchester, to demand a voice in parliament. At the time, only two percent ...

The first thing you do after scheduling an interview with Mike Leigh is research. The second: panic. The 76-year-old British filmmaker, famed for his largely improvised kitchen-sink dramas such as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Historical epics can defeat the very best auteurs. Stanley Kubrick was thwarted by “Napoleon.” Sergio Leone fell at “Leningrad.” ...

PETERLOO is Mike Leigh's valiant effort to tell the true story of the massacre of innocent Mancunians protesting for equal rights. Here's what Express.co.uk thought of Peterloo. The Peterloo Massacre ...

The veteran director and his star, Maxine Peake, reflect on why the previously largely unexplored tale of one the U.K.'s most notorious and defining moments is something relevant in the U.K. and the U ...

The Pitch: A dramatic retelling of the Peterloo Massacre, Mike Leigh’s Peterloo tracks the years, people, and socioeconomic conditions that lead to the tragic events of August 16, 1819 in Manchester.

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 ...

Film Critic You might need to be something of an English-history nut to truly love Peterloo, Mike Leigh’s somber and ambitious film about the Peterloo Massacre of 1819, in which 18 people were killed ...

British writer-director Mike Leigh has often included a dose of social commentary in his films, whether comedies (“Life Is Sweet”), tragedies (“Naked”) or biographies (“Mr. Turner”). In his historical ...

Imagine a political conflagration that pits the impoverished against the elite. A working-class crowd assembles in a town square, calling for higher wages and access to the voting booth. Local ...

Mike Leigh's historic epic 'Peterloo' won't be a player in this year's U.S. awards race after all. However, the Amazon-backed movie will still open in U.K. cinemas this fall in hopes of landing BAFTA ...