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.

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