Subject: Mike Leigh

• Look Back in Anger

  Nil by Mouth is so gritty, it verges on the unwatchable

  March 5, 1998

• Reefer Madness

  The dope-y Saving Grace revives the irreverence of early English comedies

  August 17, 2000

• Bad Behaviour

  January 13, 1994

• Rotten Johnny

  January 27, 1994

• Life, and How We Live it

  October 10, 1996

• Real Girls

  August 14, 1997

• User-Friendly Farce

  June 25, 1998

• Media Mother

  March 4, 1999

• Here, Baby, Here

  Playing down-on-her-luck, Amy Ryan's star rises.

  November 1, 2007

• Confetti

  Three weddings and a reality TV show

  September 21, 2006

• Green Achers

  Undertow relishes the pain and beauty of a reclusive Southern family

  October 28, 2004

• Secrets and Lies

  In Mike Leigh's new film, motherhood is a tricky business

  October 21, 2004

• Blarney Rubble

  Intermission kicks through the debris of modern Ireland

  April 1, 2004

• Impressive Iris

  Eyre excels in the gripping story of a writer's descent into Alzheimer's

  February 14, 2002

• Victorian Odd Couple

  Director turns his working-class concerns to a higher grade of neurosis: Gilbert and Sullivan

  February 3, 2000

• Illuminating the Stage

  Director Mike Leigh explores the politics and process of theater in Topsy-Turvy

  January 27, 2000

• Cornball Castle

  It's hard to root for little people portrayed as loonies

  May 20, 1999