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50+ Years of Film with Mike Leigh | Vanity Fair

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1 year ago

January 15, 2025

“I’m there to make you care, to move you, to make you laugh, to make you cry…to hopefully improve your lives.” Mike Leigh has directed 15 feature films over 5 decades with a unique style of immersing his actors in the creative process of developing scripts over months of research and improvisation. From ‘Secrets & Lies’ to ‘Hard Truths,’ Mike takes a look at all of his films and discusses in detail how they came to life.

HARD TRUTHS is now playing in select theaters, https://bleeckerstreetmedia.com/hard-truths/

Director: Claire Buss
Director of Photography: Eric Brouse
Editor: Matthew Colby
Talent: Mike Leigh
Creative Producer: Christie Garcia
Associate Producer: Alexis Alzamora
Production Manager: Andressa Pelachi
Production Coordinator: Elizbeth Hymes
Associate Director, Video Talent: Meredith Judkins
Camera Operator: Carlos Araujo
Gaffer: David Djaco
Sound Mixer: Lily Van Leeuwen
Production Assistant: Ashley Vidal
Set Designer: Jeremy Derbyshire-Myles
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Additional Editor: Jason Malizia
Assistant Editor: Justin Symonds

00:00 “Life is tragic and life is comic.”
00:31 Bleak Moments
03:56 Meantime
08:19 High Hopes
13:09 Life Is Sweet
16:48 Naked
24:00 Secrets & Lies
28:20 Career Girls
30:59 Topsy-Turvy
35:37 All or Nothing
37:42 Vera Drake
42:37 Happy-Go-Lucky
44:50 Another Year
47:32 Mr. Turner
49:54 Peterloo
51:57 Hard Truths

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4 Comments

@WeslleyJonathann

January 15, 2025 at 1:21 pm

first

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@thecinematicmind

January 15, 2025 at 1:23 pm

At long last to see Mike Leigh here

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@Andul1Razack

January 15, 2025 at 1:35 pm

Mike Leigh is an absolute titan of not only British cinema but the medium itself, he talks you listen, simple.

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@julianmark

January 15, 2025 at 2:36 pm

This is great. Thank you Mike Leigh, and thank you to Vanity Fair!

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A Day On The Set Of ‘Legally Blonde’ Prequel ‘Elle’ | Vanity Fair

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1 day ago

July 3, 2026

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Go behind the scenes of Elle with Vanity Fair for an exclusive day on set. Follow the cast through a day of filming as they prepare for scenes, step into character, and reveal what it’s really like making the anticipated new series.

Season 1 of Elle is available to stream July 1 exclusively on Prime Video

Director: Funmi Sunmonu
Director of Photography: Emma Diwa
Editor: Lika Kumoi
Talent: Laura Kittrell; Caroline Driesl Lauren Neustadter; Pete Chatmon; June Diane Raphael; Tom Everett Scott; Lexi Mintree; Gabrielle Policano; Chandler Kinney; Jacob Moskovitz; Zac Looker
Producer: Emebeit Beyene
Line Producer: Natasha Soto-Albors
Production Manager: Andressa Pelachi
Associate Production Manager: Elizabeth Hymes
Talent Booker: Mica Medoff
Audio Engineer: Jonathan Ayala
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Post Production Coordinator: Stella Shortino
Supervising Editor: Eduardo Araujo
Assistant Editor: Justin Symonds
Senior Manager; Creative Development: Hannah Pak
Director; Creative Development: Claire Buss
Director; Content Production: Lane Williamson
Executive Director; Global Video: Ella Ruffel
Executive Producer: Ruhiya Nuruddin

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Mbappe not only cooks on the field, but also in the kitchen.

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2 days ago

July 2, 2026

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Millie Bobby Brown & Louis Partridge Ask Rapid-Fire Questions | Off the Cuff | Vogue

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2 days ago

July 2, 2026

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Enola Holmes 3 stars Millie Bobby Brown and Louis Partridge sit in the Vogue hot seat and ask each other a series of rapid-fire questions. Millie and Louis start with some icebreakers, discussing bossa nova, art supplies, tattoos, The Kooks, Hannah Montana and more. Louis and Millie then move on to the next round, quizzing each other on their most memorable fashion moments.

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Director: Nina Ljeti
Director of Photography: Asia Li
Editor: Sara Rao

Producers: Lea Donenberg, Rahel Gebreyes
Camera Operator: Chloe Ramos
Gaffer: Steven Garcia
Audio: Mariya Chulichkova
Production Assistants: Erica Palmieri, Tatiana Dominguez, Shanti Cuizon-Burden

Production Coordinator: Tanía Jones
Production Manager: Kristen Helmick
Line Producer: Natasha Soto-Albors

Assistant Editor: Justin Symonds
Post Production Coordinator: Holly Frew
Supervising Editor: Kameron Key
Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch

Director, Video Talent: Meredith Lee
Executive Producer: Rahel Gebreyes
Senior Director, Video: Romy van den Broeke
Senior Director, Programming: Linda Gittleson
VP, Video Programming: Thespena Guatieri

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