Tag Archives: Lesley Manville

Mike Leigh: “‘Another Year’ Should Have Won A Bafta”

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on April 7th, 2011

The director Mike Leigh has been discussing the motivation for working the way he does, making films about predominantly working-class characters with dark emotional secrets in their lives, and has come to the conclusion that it’s ...

Ready, Set, Go for the BAFTAs: A Preview

By Leah Rozen | Posted on February 12th, 2011

As the seemingly endless, Louboutin-shod march to the Academy Awards on February 27 continues, all eyes will focus on London this Sunday (February 13) evening when the British Academy of Film and Television Arts hands out its coveted ...

Lesley Manville’s Predicted Oscar Nod: What Happened?

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on January 26th, 2011

She’d won the National Board of Review award for Best Actress and raves galore from critics. So when the Oscar nominations were announced yesterday (January 25), why did Lesley Manville come up empty for her raw, riveting, ...

Oscar Nominations: ‘The King’s Speech’ Leads with 12

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on January 25th, 2011

The King's Speech dominated this morning's (January 25) Oscar nominations, with 12 total nominations, including ones for Colin Firth (watch our interview), Helena Bonham Carter, Geoffrey Rush, and director Tom Hooper. Christian Bale received recognition for The Fighter, but there are some notable British snubs this year.

British Hopefuls For This Year’s Oscar Nominations

By Leah Rozen | Posted on January 24th, 2011

Movie fans will want to wake up early tomorrow. At 8:30 a.m.

WATCH: Actress Lesley Manville Talks Possible U.S. Career

By Tom Brook | Posted on January 11th, 2011

Britain’s Lesley Manville will be in New York tonight (January 11) to pick up a prestigious Best Actress award from the National Board of Review for her role in Mike Leigh’s latest picture Another Year. There is also talk she may ...

‘Another Year’ Star Lesley Manville Doesn’t Know Who Michael Bay Is

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on January 3rd, 2011

Lesley Manville‘s performance as self-pitying drunkard Mary in Mike Leigh‘s Another Year has won her many plaudits stateside, including the National Board of Review’s Best Actress prize. (Read Leah Rozen‘s ...

Leah Rozen Film Review: Mike Leigh’s ‘Another Year’

By Leah Rozen | Posted on December 29th, 2010

Like a miner with an instinct for finding the richest vein, British director-writer Mike Leigh digs through the quotidian details and routines of ordinary existence to turn up treasure.