Mike Leigh
December 2014
The legendary English director talks about discovering world cinema in his teenage years, the ways thatVivre sa viegets to the “raw core of life,” the humor and politics inThe Firemen’s Ball,and his experiences as a film student in London.
9 picks
Picks (9)
Bicycle Thieves
Vittorio De Sica
1948 • Italy • 1h 29m
Vivre sa vie
Jean-Luc Godard
1962 • France • 1h 24m
A Hard Day’s Night
Richard Lester
1964 • United Kingdom • 1h 28m
Late Spring
Yasujiro Ozu
1949 • Japan • 1h 48m
The Firemen’s Ball
Miloš Forman
1967 • Czechoslovakia • 1h 13m
Berlin Alexanderplatz
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
2023 • West Germany • 1h
Jules and Jim
François Truffaut
1962 • France • 1h 46m
Divorce Italian Style
Pietro Germi
1961 • Italy • 1h 44m
Judex
Georges Franju
1963 • France • 1h 44m