Filmmaker, curator, critic, and co-editor of Peterloo in Process: A Mike Leigh Collaboration Orla Smith returns to the show to discuss what is, perhaps, the ultimate Mike Leigh sleeper, and undoubtedly a stylistic and structural outlier in his filmography. You can follow Orla on Instagram and check out her exciting work with creative nonfiction at cnfw.co.uk. 

All episodes in this series contain spoilers.

Theme music by Tuck Ryan and Eoin Murphy. Additional music is from Marianne Jean-Baptiste’s score for Career Girls. Intro clip source interview. Logo photo credit Rick McGinnis.

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