Devised and Directed: The Films of Mike Leigh

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Career Girls (with Orla Smith)
Filmmaker, curator, critic, and co-editor of Peterloo in Process: A Mike Leigh Collaboration Orla Smith returns to the show to discuss what is, perhaps, the ultimate Mike Leigh sleeper, and undoubtedly a stylistic and structural outlier in his filmography. You can follow Orla on Instagram and check out her exciting work with creative nonfiction at cnfw.co.uk. All episodes in this series contain spoilers.Theme music by Tuck Ryan and Eoin Murphy. Additional music is from Marianne Jean-Baptiste’s score for Career Girls. Intro clip source interview. Logo photo credit Rick McGinnis.Follow the show on Instagram @MikeLeighPod. Email the show at [email protected]. Follow Ian on Letterboxd at Nester_Nest.
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Secrets & Lies (with Chris Feil)
Film journalist and This Had Oscar Buzz host Chris Feil joins Ian to discuss one of Mike’s most acclaimed and beloved films, and the only one to be given the patented Billy Crystal treatment.All episodes in this series contain spoilers.Theme music by Tuck Ryan and Eoin Murphy. Additional music is from Andrew Dickson’s score for Secrets & Lies. Intro clip source interview. Logo photo credit Rick McGinnis.Follow the show on Instagram @MikeLeighPod. Email the show at [email protected]. Follow Ian on Letterboxd at Nester_Nest.
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Naked (with Will Menaker)
Host of Movie Mindset and Chapo Trap House Will Menaker joins the show to discuss Mike’s true international breakout, and what could very reasonably be called his darkest and most challenging film.All episodes in this series contain spoilers.Theme music by Tuck Ryan and Eoin Murphy. Additional music is from Andrew Dickson’s score for Naked. Intro clip source interview. Logo photo credit Rick McGinnis.Follow the show on Instagram @MikeLeighPod. Email the show at [email protected]. Follow Ian on Letterboxd at Nester_Nest.
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BONUS: Mike Bio & Process Deep Dive (with Alex Heeney)
Next week we’re back to our regularly scheduled programming, but first… Ian kicks off this bonus episode with some background on the man himself in the form of a quick, condensed Mike Leigh bio from birth to Bleak Moments. He’s then joined by co-editor of Peterloo in Process: A Mike Leigh Collaboration and founder of Seventh Row Alex Heeney for a conversation on the particulars of Mike’s unique process, as well as some contemporary filmmakers who are (perhaps, in their own ways) following in his footsteps. All episodes in this series contain spoilers.Theme music by Tuck Ryan and Eoin Murphy. Logo photo credit Rick McGinnis.Follow the show on Instagram @MikeLeighPod. Email the show at [email protected]. Follow Ian on Letterboxd at Nester_Nest.
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Life Is Sweet (with Bryan Cardinale-Powell)
Bryan Cardinale-Powell, Oklahoma City University film professor and co-editor of Devised and Directed by Mike Leigh, joins the show for a discussion on the very first Mike Leigh film Ian ever saw, as well as a quick detour on Mike’s 1987 short film The Short & Curlies.All episodes in this series contain spoilers.Theme music by Tuck Ryan and Eoin Murphy. Additional music is from Rachel Portman’s score for Life Is Sweet. Intro clip source interview. Logo photo credit Rick McGinnis.Follow the show on Instagram @MikeLeighPod. Email the show at [email protected]. Follow Ian on Letterboxd at Nester_Nest.
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