Watch Mike Leigh discuss his 1988 film High Hopes with Gary Yershon in the second Q&A from last year’s Mike Leigh in Conversation season at The Garden Cinema.
In partnership with Film Africa, and King’s College London and Screen Worlds, featuring expert introductions and post film discussion groups, this major new season at The Garden Cinema invites audiences to experience nine masterpieces arising from postcolonial and contemporary Francophone West Africa.
Tickets are now available to Garden Cinema members with General sales open on Saturday 11 February at 18:00.
Watch Mike Leigh discuss his debut feature Bleak Moments in the first Q&A session from our Mike Leigh in Conversation season earlier this year
Watch our resident Film Curator Dr. George Crosthwait’s introduction to our final repertory season of 2022: Hollywood on Hollywood.
Our selection of Hollywood’s most bitingly satirical, truly interesting, or blissfully entertaining examples from the industry’s undying focus on itself are now showing until the end of the year.
Mike Leigh at the Garden Cinema discussing the open-ended nature of his films and the reception to his award-winning film Naked (1993) at the New York Film Festival.
Recorded at The Garden Cinema, London on 19 September 2022 as part of Mike Leigh in Conversation: a series of retrospective screenings of Leigh’s films, each followed by a discussion and Q&A with Mike Leigh and Gary Yershon. 8th September – 30th October, 2022
We chatted with French director Cécile Ducrocq about her first feature film Her Way. We talked about her successful short film Back Alley that served as inspiration for this feature, her longstanding working relationship with actress Laure Calamy (Call My Agent), the conflicting feminist views over prostitution and the film’s focus on the mother-son relationship.
Mike Leigh discusses his battle to maintain final cut on his Palme d’Or winning film Secrets & Lies (1996) against the wishes of the French funders.
Recorded at The Garden Cinema on 13 September 2022 as part of Mike Leigh in Conversation: our ongoing series of retrospective screenings of Leigh’s films, each followed by a discussion and Q&A with Mike Leigh and Gary Yershon.