On a warm day in August of 1819, 60,000 English people descended on St. Peter’s Fields, a town square in the northern city of Manchester, to demand a voice in parliament. At the time, only two percent ...

Rory Kinnear also stars.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Historical epics can defeat the very best auteurs. Stanley Kubrick was thwarted by “Napoleon.” Sergio Leone fell at “Leningrad.” ...

The veteran director and his star, Maxine Peake, reflect on why the previously largely unexplored tale of one the U.K.'s most notorious and defining moments is something relevant in the U.K. and the U ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: You’ve likely heard of the Battle of Waterloo, and perhaps you’ve even seen the 1970 film, Waterloo, which starred Rod Steiger as the infamous French emperor, Napoleon ...

Film Critic You might need to be something of an English-history nut to truly love Peterloo, Mike Leigh’s somber and ambitious film about the Peterloo Massacre of 1819, in which 18 people were killed ...

Imagine a political conflagration that pits the impoverished against the elite. A working-class crowd assembles in a town square, calling for higher wages and access to the voting booth. Local ...

Mike Leigh's historic epic 'Peterloo' won't be a player in this year's U.S. awards race after all. However, the Amazon-backed movie will still open in U.K. cinemas this fall in hopes of landing BAFTA ...

British writer-director Mike Leigh has often included a dose of social commentary in his films, whether comedies (“Life Is Sweet”), tragedies (“Naked”) or biographies (“Mr. Turner”). In his historical ...

Who: Directed by Mike Leigh. Starring Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, David Moorst, Karl Johnson, Robert Wilfort, Tim McInnerny, Neil Bell, John Paul Hurley and Marion ...

"Peterloo" tells the story of a tragic encounter between British troops and working-class citizens at a rally in 1819. Director Mike Leigh's new film examines the circumstances that led to one of the ...