TRY MIKE LEIGH - JUST FOR FUN
ANOTHER Bank Holiday and it's already been pouring down at dawn like there's no tomorrow.
There will be one of course and the next tomorrow (Tuesday, May 6) is the day when the Birmingham Mail Film Club will be welcoming the Oscar-nominated director Morgan Spurlock to Cineworld Broad Street.
We'll be showing his new movie Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden? (12A) from 6pm and then I'll be hosting a Q&A with him in the cinema from around 7.30pm. Can't wait.
All welcome but, remember, Club members pay just £2.50, whereas the standard £5.80 admission price will apply to non-members.
Meanwhile, given today's miserable Bank Holiday weather prospects why not make it a day to catch up on some movies?
Pick of the bunch for adults is Mike Leigh's Happy-Go-Lucky (15) which features a wonderfully-hilarious performance from Sally Hawkins. It's on at Cineworld Broad Street, The Electric Cinema on Station St and the Warwick Arts Centre.
If you've never seen a Mike Leigh film before (some have been too long and taken themselves way too seriously) try this one which will make everyone's ribs ache and toes curl in equal measure.
Especially if you are a) currently taking driving lesssons, b) have just passed, c) you hate learner drivers, or d) you are a driving instructor.
Enjoy the Bank Holiday!
PS. Tonight at 6.30pm is your last chance to see the brilliantly-immersive concert film of U2-3D (U) on the giant IMAX screen down at Millennium Point.
Arrive in good time to get your tickets and enjoy a magnificent experience even if, like me, you are not a massive U2 fan.
Meanwhile, The Martin Scorsese-directed Rolling Stones' film Shine A Light will be on the same screen in time for the next Bank Holiday weekend. Showing from May 22.
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Graham Young
How can you say some Mike Leigh films have been too long and taken themselves way too seriously??
The quality of this man and his actors is one of the high-points in UK cinematic achievement.
After all, Life Is Sweet!
Thanks for mentioning Life is Sweet, since it's reminded me of this story...
A former flatmate of mine, who regularly sees at least 70 movies per year, bumped into Leigh in a supermarket when Life is Sweet had been released.
My friend rightly praised Leigh for his efforts without trying to put him off his shopping list.
Surprised to have been recognised, Leigh simply said to him: 'At least you've seen it', as if to bemoan his own inbuilt lack of box office appeal.
Happy-Go-Lucky, though, is his most accessible film. Everyone should see it - especially anyone who thinks that the likes of Adam Sandler and the current crop of awful 'spoof' movies are funny.