a record of consumption, part two (being a new film journal)

1.12.2022
Chang Cheh, Pao Hsueh-Li The Boxer from Shantung 1972

From Arrow's ShawScope Volume One box set. Full immersion into Shaw Brothers films, of which I am a total neophyte. Kung Fu star Kuan Tai Chen has extreme screen presence, in the way Charles Bronson did, from simple scenes with him sitting and smoking to balls out fight sequences. Knife fight/death scene with David Chiang also brings this film to next level quality as does the mind blowing Peckinpah ending. Assistant director was John Woo! Blu ray has interview with him, very much worth watching.

Ryusuke Hamaguchi Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy 2021

Recently saw Hamaguchi's Drive My Car, based on the Haruki Murakami short story, which was my favorite film of 2021. Also read the short story afterwards which brought attention to the virtuosity of the screenwriting in Drive My Car. Now seeing his second feature from 2021, a film in three parts, or four parts as one section has a break in time, with each story equally solid and without mediocrity. Hamaguchi says "I think the biggest incentive for me to becoming a director was watching Cassavetes", good enough reason to watch his work over and over, these 2 films of 2021 are incredibly well written, beautifully performed, odd stories that are both basic in the way you understand them but having many layers of subtlety that keep them at the threshold of clear/unclear.

1.13.2022
Jeong Chang-Hwa King Boxer (Five Fingers of Death) 1972
(rewatch)

Second time watching King Boxer by the veteran Korean director Jeong Chang-Hwa, this time with David Desser commentary.

Chang Cheh Five Shaolin Masters 1974

From Arrow's ShawScope Volume One box set. Full chaos. Sublime fight scenes out of doors, in the fields, in rivers, blood and flying axes... Ends with cinematic bliss with 5 fights flawlessly intertwined with some of the most technical editing imaginable, and even though the cuts are far from invisible, they perform like a silent killer, perhaps much done within the camera. Unreal film.

Julia Ducournau Titane 2021

Truly bizarre and uncomfortable film. Hated it initially, the flashiness and amped up photography, but it really grew on me as the story moved on. Really liked the Future Islands dance sequence. Very good music (Jim Williams) / sound (Séverin Favriau, Fabrice Osinski, and Stéphane Thiébaut). Very Cronenbergian.... yet in its own trajectory, a powerful film.

Nicholas Ray Johnny Guitar 1954
(rewatch)

Umpteenth time rewatch, both straight and with Adrian Martin commentary. From Master's of Cinema blu ray, also includes discussions with Tony Rayns, David Cairns, Geoff Andrew, Susan Ray, and Martin Scorsese's DVD intro. I remember in late 90s/early 2000s collecting many DVDs with the Scorsese intros, almost as good as the films some of them, the master can really access the magic of a film with apparent little effort.

1.14.2022
Joel Coen The Tragedy of Macbeth 2021

Denzel Washington! Stephen Root! Brian Thompson! Corey Hawkins! Extreme black and white photography by Bruno Delbonnel, just beautiful and tactile. Coen music collaborator Carter Burwell returns and delivers a beautiful score. Set design by Nancy Haigh, buildings sort of look like a combination of black and white Luis Barragán with Giorgio de Chirico added in. My letterboxd account told me Denzel Washington was the actor I spent the most time with in 2021, after seeing his performance here I can understand why.

Favorite Denzel performances:

Devil in a Blue Dress (Carl Franklin)
Flight (Robert Zemeckis)
Philadelphia (Jonathan Demme)
Unstoppable (Tony Scott)
The Equalizer and The Equalizer 2 (Antoine Fuqua)
American Gangster (Ridley Scott)
The Taking of Pelham 123 (Tony Scott)
Inside Man (Spike Lee)
Deja Vu (Tony Scott)
Training Day (Antoine Fuqua)
The Mighty Quinn (Carl Schenkel)
The Magnificent Seven (Antoine Fuqua)
Glory (Edward Zwick)
The Manchurian Candidate (Jonathan Demme)
Roman J. Israel, Esq. (Dan Gilroy)
Man on Fire (Tony Scott)
Out of Time (Carl Franklin)
He Got Game (Spike Lee)
The Hurricane (Norman Jewison)
The Pelican Brief (Alan J. Pakula)
Crimson Tide (Tony Scott)
Malcolm X (Spike Lee)
Remember the Titans (Boaz Yakin)
Mo' Better Blues (Spike Lee)

Born 1954 in Mount Vernon, New York, just outside Manhattan, Mr. Washington studied Journalism at Fordham University and then moved to San Francisco and studied a year at the American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.). Left to work as an actor, and made his first big screen appearance in Carbon Copy (1981) with George Segal. Married Pauletta Washington in 1983 (they met in 1977) and is still married to her with 4 children and lives in Los Angeles. Tom Hanks said working with him on Philadelphia was like going to film school.

1.15.2022
Scott Frank The Queen’s Gambit 2020
(rewatch)

4k rewatch. Enjoyed this the first time, and even more now. Really love Bill Camp in this. Moses Ingram from The Tragedy of Macbeth stars here as Jolene, as childhood friend of Beth Harmon, as does Macbeth's Harry Melling. Marielle Heller on rewatch really struck me as well, her Steve Buscemi facial expressions and strange way of talking are very charming.

Francis Ford Coppola The Outsiders: The Complete Novel 1983
(rewatch)

Arrow 4k release. Classic Coppola film with memorable cast which includes C. Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio, Patrick Swayze, Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez, Tom Cruise, Diane Lane, Michelle Meyrink, Tom Waits, and Flea. Looked and sounded quite insane in 4K which much rear speaker action, Atmos atmospherics to give a powerful sonic experience.

1.16.2022
Paul Thomas Anderson Licorice Pizza 2021

Couldn't find a point of entry into this film, and the pointlessness of the story made it unwatchable. I like that my friend's complaint was he thought all the running around was of irritating, it was indeed. On a positive note, it was nice hearing Chico Hamilton on the soundtrack.

Paul Thomas Anderson Phantom Thread 2017
(rewatch)

Fourth time rewatch. Splendid, simply splendid film.  Hard to not love dwelling in the ambiance of this narcissistic, pompous, arrogant, and vulnerable man. Sort of the worst qualities of men, yet presented in an absurd manner.

1.17.2022
Chang Cheh Shaolin Temple 1976

Fourth film from Arrow's ShawScope Volume One box set. A common theme in these films, martial arts training techniques throughout the film yield fruit in the end, in a Karate Kid type manner (wax on wax off). End is bliss.

Ryszard Bugajski Clearcut 1991

From Severin's All the Haunts Be Ours: A Compendium of Folk Horror boxset. Native American perspective on nature, capitalism, and the beyond, here seen through the lens of the horror genre.  Worth seeing also for Graham Greene and Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman.

1.18.2022
Liu Chia-Liang Challenge of the Masters 1977 & Executioners from Shaolin 1977

2 from Arrow's ShawScope Volume One box set.

Ridley Scott The Last Duel 2021

Scott's Rashomonesque violation film. Great performance by Jodie Comer.

1.19.2022
Kent MacKenzie The Exiles 1961

Have been wanting to see this for many years, after watching and rewatching Thom Andersen's Los Angeles Plays Itself. Stunning film, shot by Erik Daarstad, Robert Kaufman, and John Arthur Morrill, a portrait of the no longer Bunker Hill, and Native American's getting loose and wild in the once atmospheric location, and offering an alternative view of West Coast Beat Culture. Essential.

Boaz Yakin Remember the Titans 2000

Disney film dealing with race, starring Denzel Washington, Will Patton, Ryan Gosling (small role), and Wood Harris (Avon Barksdale in The Wire).

Don Siegel The Shootist 1976
(rewatch)

"I’m a dying man scared of the dark". Despite the made for tv quality, the film really stands up to multiple rewatches over a period of time, first saw in the mid 90s, being a huge Don Siegel and John Wayne fan, and have watched it a few times since, has some problems, but overall a very good film about a dying outlaw and a disappearing time in the same vein as the 1962 film Lonely Are the Brave.

1.20.2022
Don Siegel Escape from Alcatraz 1979
(rewatch)

Endlessly rewatchable film, really starts cooking when Fred Ward shows up.

Walter Hill The Warriors 1979
(rewatch)

Perfect way to spend an evening, had to erase the director's cut from my mind with the straight up version.


Christian Petzold Undine 2020

Recent Petzold film with the magnetic Paula Beer & Franz Rogowski. Hard to not see Rogowski as a young Brando with the interesting addition of the hairlip. Lovely film.

1.21.2022
Peter Tscherkassky Dream Work 2001

Flicker film merging into an homage to Man Ray.


George Cukor My Fair Lady 1964
(rewatch)

Last time seeing this was probably 25 years ago. Had little memory of it except that there were great performances by Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Wilfrid Hyde-White, and Stanley Holloway (best known to me from Brief Encounter). If it is not clear enough that we are living in a world of near darkness, I was told and shown proof that many young people today only see this as a misogynistic film with little to no value. Having this in mind whilst watching, could only come to the conclusion that many film enthusiasts today are not watching what is on the screen but something else perhaps in their mind, with no ability to read a film as presented to them. Beautiful stuff, looked great in 4K Dolby Vision!

1.22.2022
Frank Capra Mr. Deeds Goes to Town 1936
(rewatch)

Essential cinema 4K rewatch.

 
George A. Romero Dawn of the Dead 1978
(rewatch)

Watched the 3 different versions of this film many times in 2021, now watching the theatrical cut in 4K. Glorious film. Can it get any better?

Julia Ducournau Titane 2021
(rewatch)

Second time with Julia Ducournau's powerful film Titane, paying close attention to the use of music and sound.  As the film's antihero Alexia/Adrien shows a duality and goes through a noticeable transformation, the sound and music mirror these levels of consciousness experienced with Alexia/Adrien. In addition to the composer Jim Williams' score and the powerful sound design by Séverin Favriau, Fabrice Osinski, and Stéphane Thiébaut (like in the forest fire at night scene), there are songs used that either in themselves show transformation, or are manipulated sonically to demonstrate change. Wayfaring Stranger covered by 16 Horsepower in the opening sequence and a later version by Lisa Abbott as Alexia/Adrien dances atop the fire truck, same song rendered quite differently. The Kills' Doing It to Death is heard in the car/dance sequence. Caterina Caselli's Nessuno Mi Può Guidicare accompanies the first kill. The Zombies' She’s Not There from 1964 drives along the male bonding in the dancing/fighting scene between father and son. The most spectacular is when Future Islands' Light House is heard during the fireman's dance sequence, the song begins as the only audible part of the sound, then when an interruption breaks the transcendence, room sounds are added in as the song drops in volume a bit, and as we get back into the scene's transcendence the song is shifted and abstracted for a spell and then brought back to dominate the experience as the scene ends blissfully. Johann Sebastian Bach's St. Matthew Passion is modified for the extremely uncomfortable lust/birth sequence giving the cinematic illusion of angels watching over the events. End credits have Jim Williams' elated Sarabande. Ducournau is not only a master story teller, but also virtuosic with constructing an experience unlike any other through the medium of film.


Peter Tscherkassky Outer Space 1999

Flickering fuckery, being a rendition of Sidney J. Furie's 1982 film The Entity with Barbara Hershey. Pure virtuosity, Tscherkassky is a master of the visceral film experience.

Derek Simonds The Sinner, season one 2017
(rewatch)

Going through the first season again, perhaps also the second.

plato's cave forty four (being a film journal) it is happening again

Mark Frost and David Lynch - Twin Peaks: The Return - 2017

Heavy actorshippe, the appearance of Jane Adams in Part One

In Happiness with Jared Harris

In Wonder Boys

Selected filmography

- Light Sleeper - 1992, Paul Schrader dir.
- Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle - 1994, Alan Rudolph  dir.
- Kansas City - 1996, Robert Altman dir.
- Happiness - 1998,  Todd Solondz dir.
- Wonder Boys - 2000, Curtis Hanson dir.
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - 2004, Michel Gondry dir,
- Little Children - 2006, Todd Field dir.

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Clint Eastwood - High Plains Drifter - 1973

Some actors of note and key films from

Clint Eastwood's second film as director

Clint Eastwood
- A Fistful of Dollars - 1964, Sergio Leone
- For a Few Dollars More - 1965, Sergio Leone
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - 1966, Sergio Leone
- Hang 'Em High - 1968, Ted Post
- Coogan's Bluff - 1968,  Don Siegel
- Two Mules for Sister Sara - 1970,  Don Siegel
- The Beguiled - 1971,  Don Siegel
- Play Misty for Me - 1971, Clint Eastwood
- Dirty Harry - 1971,  Don Siegel
- Joe Kidd - 1972 , John Sturges
- High Plains Drifter - 1973, Clint Eastwood
- Magnum Force - 1973, Ted Post
- Thunderbolt and Lightfoot - 1974, Michael Cimino
- The Eiger Sanction - 1975, Clint Eastwood
- The Outlaw Josey Wales - 1976, Clint Eastwood
- The Gauntlet - 1977, Clint Eastwood
- Every Which Way But Loose - 1978, James Fargo
- Escape from Alcatraz - 1979, Clint Eastwood
- Bronco Billy - 1980,  Clint Eastwood
- Firefox - 1982,  Clint Eastwood
- Pale Rider - 1985,  Clint Eastwood
- Unforgiven - 1992,  Clint Eastwood
- In the Line of Fire - 1993, Wolfgang Petersen
- A Perfect World - 1993, Clint Eastwood
- The Bridges of Madison County - 1995, Clint Eastwood
- Absolute Power - 1997,  Clint Eastwood
- True Crime - 1999,  Clint Eastwood
- Blood Work - 2002,  Clint Eastwood
- Million Dollar Baby - 2004,  Clint Eastwood
- Gran Torino - 2008,  Clint Eastwood

John Quade (left)
- Bad Company - 1972, Robert Benton
- High Plains Drifter - 1973, Clint Eastwood
- Papillon - 1973, Franklin J. Schaffner
- The Sting - 1973, George Roy Hill
- Rancho Deluxe - 1975, Frank Perry
- 92 in the Shade - 1975, Thomas McGuane
- The Outlaw Josey Wales - 1976, Clint Eastwood
- Every Which Way But Loose - 1978, James Fargo

Geoffrey Lewis
- Bad Company - 1972, Robert Benton
- High Plains Drifter - 1973, Clint Eastwood
- Dillinger - 1973, John Milius
- Thunderbolt and Lightfoot - 1974, Michael Cimino
- Every Which Way But Loose - 1978, James Fargo
- Bronco Billy - 1980,  Clint Eastwood

John Hillerman
- The Last Picture Show - 1971, Peter Bogdanovich
- What's Up, Doc? - 1972,  Peter Bogdanovich
- High Plains Drifter - 1973, Clint Eastwood
- Paper Moon - 1973,  Peter Bogdanovich
- Chinatown - 1974, Roman Polanski
- The Day of the Locust - 1975, John Schlesinger

Billy Curtis
- The Wizard of Oz - 1939
- Meet John Doe - 1941, Frank Capra
- Saboteur - 1942, Alfred Hitchcock
- Limelight - 1952, Charles Chaplin
- The Incredible Shrinking Man - 1957, Jack Arnold
- Planet of the Apes - 1968, Franklin J. Schaffner
- High Plains Drifter - 1973, Clint Eastwood

Anthony James
- In the Heat of the Night - 1967, Norman Jewison
- Vanishing Point - 1971, Richard C. Sarafian
- High Plains Drifter - 1973, Clint Eastwood
- Unforgiven - 1992,  Clint Eastwood

Verna Bloom
- Medium Cool - 1969, Haskell Wexler
- The Hired Hand - 1971, Peter Fonda
- High Plains Drifter - 1973, Clint Eastwood
- After Hours - 1985, Martin Scorsese
- The Last Temptation of Christ - 1988, Martin Scorsese

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Mike Leigh - Naked - 1993

The films of Mike Leigh part seven

This site doesn't normally apply itself to the art of writing, or have the art of writing found withing its pages, unless there is something that needs to be said essential to a particular work, and definitely not particularly in the way of personal business. The following text is included here as it has to do with a primary reason this viewer comes back to certain films; as films are precisely accurate for triggering memories both from the time when the film is introduced to the "spectator", as Duchamp calls the viewer, and also the many memories that flood in from all of the multiple viewings. Also the reason I named this blog The Art of Memory. Please forgive this possible nonsense.

I believe I mentioned in a previous entry that this was the first Mike Leigh film I saw; with my father at Wilton Town Hall in Wilton NH. It was my last year of high school (1993). A somewhat miserable time period. I watched many films as a youngster - being a latchkey kid, but this film is one of a dozen or so that made a huge impression on me. My father had shared many of his favs with me over the years, his interest was mostly in films with a certain intensity, films that didn't pull their punches (whilst serving in Vietnam, he spent his spare time boxing).  I saw many of these crazed films at an age not appropriate (who gives a fuck).

This film will always be THE Mike Leigh film for me because it began my dark days and evenings in the life of a cinephile.

The Shining and A Clockwork Orange were some others from the list of early essentials. I saw them on TV when I was quite small (The Shining), and then a little older when I rode my bike to the town video store to rent (A Clockwork Orange), my mind was never the same after.  For me it is hard to imagine a young person's film viewing in current times, you simply turn on the computer and there you go, or Criterion does the work for you. Because of this curation, there are so many films missed. Back in the 80s and early 90s - if you didn't have friends to guide you, the great films would just appear if you were lucky. For me these films came flooding in at a very young age: They Live, The Thing, The Godfather Parts I & II, The French Connection, The Exorcist, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon,  Harold and Maude, The Terminator, The Deer Hunter, Escape From Alcatraz,  Dirty Harry, The Crying Game, Blue Velvet, The Elephant Man, Klute, All The President's Men, Hud, The Last Temptation of Christ (another Wilton Town Hall viewing), Goodfellas, Jaws, Bullitt, and many more. Naked came last in this early film education for me and basically pointed me to a type of cinema I was to further explore, and still am quite heavily. **

David Thewlis

One of the towering roles of the twentieth century; David Thewlis as Johnny. Much of Johnny's dialogue came out of improvisations by Thewlis, and his intense reading at the time : "The very first day of the project, we had nothing at all," says Thewlis. "No script, no characters, no ideas. We made up everything as we went along. That’s how Mike Leigh makes all his movies." *  Like Leigh's other films, the script was then put together from these improvisations sessions. As I read it, much of what makes this film so astounding is the magic and actorshippe of Mr. Thewlis. Other key roles for Thewlis are Knox Harrington in The Big Lebowski (with the cleft asshole), Professor Lupin in the Harry Potter series, Wingfield in The New World, and the voice of Michael Stone in Anomalisa.

other Mike Leigh films :

- The Short & Curlies - 1988

- Life Is Sweet - 1990

Lesley Sharp

other Mike Leigh films :

- Vera Drake - 2004

Katrin Cartlidge

Cartlidge tragically died at the age of 41. Her presence in Lars von Trier's Breaking the Waves, and Leigh's other films leaves a huge impression. "It's impossible to talk about Katrin, this film and Career Girls without simply being overcome by an enormous emotional sense of loss. It's indescribable. Plenty of people have died, and obviously one feels bad and sad about them, but very few have died and left me with such enduring and inconsolable grief. I am one of a whole bunch of people who still say, 'I can't believe she's not going to show up and have lunch.'" (Mike Leigh on Mike Leigh)

other Mike Leigh films :

- Career Girls - 1997

- Topsy-Turvy - 1999

Peter Wight
As Brian, the insecurity guard.

other Mike Leigh films :
- Meantime - 1984

- Secrets & Lies - 1996
- Vera Drake - 2004
- Another Year - 2010

 - Mr. Turner - 2014

Claire Skinner
other Mike Leigh films :
- Life Is Sweet - 1990

Greg Cruttwell, Elizabeth Berrington & Carolina Giammetta
other Mike Leigh films with Elizabeth Berrington :
- Secrets & Lies - 1996
- Vera Drake - 2004
- Mr. Turner - 2014
Cruttwell played a similar role in 2 Days in the Valley.

Ewen Bremner
His only Mike Leigh film, yet he is one of the most memorable characters, with his barely decipherable Scottish cursing, and his constant "Maggieeeeeeeeee"

Susan Vidler
Her only Mike Leigh film, both her and Bremner were in Trainspotting. 

Gina McKeeHer
Her only Mike Leigh film

Deborah MacLaren
Her only Mike Leigh film

Robert Putt
other Mike Leigh films  :
- Vera Drake - 2004

Darren Tunstall
His only Mike Leigh film

Cinematography by Dick Pope

Mr. Pope used the process "bleach bypass process" for the film to give it washed out black and blues. This process was also used in Nineteen Eighty-Four. Bleach bypass process entails either the partial or complete skipping of the bleaching function during the processing of a color film. The production designer Alison Chitty also did colour control on the sets and exteriors, painting bright objects dark grey and making sure things such as red cars where moved and not present during the shoot (Mike Leigh on Mike Leigh and wiki sources).

other Mike Leigh films :
- Life is Sweet - 1990
- Secrets & Lies - 1996
- Career Girls - 1997
- Topsy-Turvy - 1999
- All or Nothing - 2002
- Vera Drake - 2004
- Happy-Go-Lucky - 2008
- Another Year - 2010
- Mr. Turner - 2014

Final scene, Leigh's only steadicam shot, with overwhelmingly emotional music by Andrew Dickson. Seeing this in the theatre, you find yourself floating down the street whilst making your way home, it is one of those truly fantastic phenomenons that happens with certain magical films.

Music by Andrew Dickson
One of the most memorable soundtracks from the 90s.

other Mike Leigh films :
- Meantime - 1984
- High Hopes - 1988
- Secrets & Lies - 1996
- All or Nothing - 2002
- Vera Drake - 2004

Cinephile-like voyeurism with Johnny and Brian

** On a side note - at a young age, a film education seems to have a more healthy trajectory if one starts with the classics and moves into the art film or the obscure. A film snob that has not seen the standard classics is not exactly a person interesting to talk film with.

This film viewer ended up studying avant-garde film right after high school, yet was always encouraged by teachers to see both contemporary narrative films and the standard classics.   From the work of Scorsese to Todd Haynes to Orson Welles, watching Maya Deren in class then going to see Casablanca in the evening at the Brattle was key to a solid film education. During those days you could go to The Harvard Film Archive and sit in on screenings meant for Harvard students only (I didn't go to school there but had the calendar memorized).  I would sit and watch 2 films meant to give future lawyers, doctors and politicians a solid education (the works of John Ford, Howard Hawkes, etc), then sit and watch 2 films meant for the public (from 50s Japanese films to Dirk Bogarde double features). You could see everything in Boston and Cambridge in those days - Bergman and Fassbinder retrospectives at the Brattle followed by 3 days of the history of avant-garde animation at Harvard, then hop over to the Kendall Square Cinema to see Dead Man.  Professors talking about this shadowy figure from Hungary named Bela Tarr, that we had to see his work.... seeing his work became an obsession with me that I was finally able to quench when I moved to San Francisco a couple of years later and saw Satantango and Damnation at the PFA. Somehow I think for this viewer, much of this love of cinema started by seeing Mike Leigh's Naked.

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Mike Leigh - Happy-Go-Lucky - 2008

The films of Mike Leigh part six

Mr. Leigh's “anti-miserablist” film, or Poppy's joie de vivre

Sally Hawkins
other Mike Leigh films :
- All or Nothing - 2002
- Vera Drake - 2004

Eddie Marsan
The heavy master of actorshippe, Mr. Marsan, first saw him in Vera Drake or 21 Grams, I was surprised he has only been in two Mike Leigh films. Also makes a strong impression in The New World, Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 & 1980, Southcliffe, God's Pocket, and Ray Donovan.
other Mike Leigh films :
- Vera Drake - 2004

Nonso Anozie
as Ezra, his only Mike Leigh film

Stanley Townsend
as the tramp, his only Mike Leigh film

Kate O'Flynn
other Mike Leigh films :
- Mr. Turner - 2014

Elliot Cowan
as the bookseller, his only Mike Leigh film

Karina Fernandez
other Mike Leigh films :
- Another Year - 2010
- Mr. Turner - 2014, as Miss Coggins who plays Purcell whilst turner sings along

Cinematography by Dick Pope

other Mike Leigh films :

- Life is Sweet - 1990
- Naked - 1993
- Secrets & Lies - 1996
- Career Girls - 1997
- Topsy-Turvy - 1999
- All or Nothing - 2002
- Vera Drake - 2004
- Another Year - 2010
- Mr. Turner - 2014

Music by Gary Yershon

other Mike Leigh films :
- Another Year - 2010
- Mr. Turner - 2014