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Meantime (Leigh, 1983) and Life Is Sweet (Leigh, 1990)

A great Mike Leigh double-feature. I may have seen Meantime ages ago. Bits of the middle felt familiar. Regardless, so very worth the rewatch or first watch, whichever it was. Meantime just slowly crushes you. It made me think of … Continue reading

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Meantime (Leigh, 1984)

Before Naked, Secrets and Lies, and Topsy Turvy, Mike Leigh made some rawer, made-for television features, including 1984’s Meantime, notable for, among other things, the film debuts of Tim Roth and Gary Oldman: Oldman, as might be evident from this image, plays a … Continue reading

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