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Peterloo. In St. Peter’s Field in Manchester, England, in 1819, an assembly of protesters urging parliamentary reform and workers’ rights was set upon by the British cavalry, who killed 18 and wounded nearly 1,000. The massacre, which came to be called Peterloo, can be seen as a foundational milestone of class struggle not just in England ...
Apr 4, 2019 · April 4, 2019. Mike Leigh’s “Peterloo,” about a notorious episode of political violence, is for most of its running time a riot of verbal eloquence. One of the characters, Henry Hunt (Rory ...
- Mike Leigh
- A.O. Scott
- 154 min
Mike Leigh's Peterloo is a rare story about the fight for a fairer democracy: one of carnage rather than triumph, one that ends with tragedy and unfinished labour rather than success and social ...
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Mike Leigh’s historical drama “Peterloo” gives audiences an anatomy of a 19th-century English political movement that feels utterly contemporary and urgent.
Sep 1, 2018 · ‘Peterloo’: Film Review | Venice 2018. Mike Leigh commemorates an infamous 19th century massacre in the Amazon-backed historical epic 'Peterloo,' the most ambitious and expensive film of his ...
Apr 4, 2019 · Review: 'Peterloo' Is A Rich, Bloody Tapestry, Though You May Lose The Thread The writer/director's latest film, about the British government's deadly assault on protesters in 1819, instills a ...
Peterloo is a 2018 British historical drama, written and directed by Mike Leigh, based on the Peterloo Massacre of 1819. The film was selected to be screened in the main competition section of the 75th Venice International Film Festival. [3] [4] The film received its UK premiere on 17 October 2018, as part of the BFI London Film Festival, at ...
