Imelda Staunton Articles

Alex Kelly, Daniel Mays, Imelda Staunton, Philip Davis in Mike Leigh's Vera Drake VERA DRAKE Review: Part I Elsewhere, the director imbues Vera Drake with a somewhat artificial flavor. True, the film's 1950s working-class environment looks real — cramped homes and ugly clothes — but Leigh, as usual, overdoes the unattractiveness of his characters. His laborers have bad teeth and funny faces, and several of [...]

VERA DRAKE (2004) Direction and screenplay: Mike Leigh Cast: Imelda Staunton, Philip Davis, Peter Wight, Daniel Mays, Alex Kelly, Eddie Marsan, Ruth Sheen, Sally Hawkins, Chris O'Dowd, Heather Craney Oscar Movies Recommended with Reservations Imelda Staunton, Philip Davis, Vera Drake Director Mike Leigh's touches are found everywhere in Vera Drake, from the film's drab, working-class social setting to the somewhat bizarre characters that inhabit that [...]

2005 London Film Critics' Circle Awards 2005 London Film Critics' Circle Award winners: February 9, 2005. ("*" denotes the winner in each category)   Thomas Haden Church, Paul Giamatti in Sideways   Best Film The Aviator- Martin Scorsese The Motorcycle Diaries – Walter Salles Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – Michel Gondry House of Flying Daggers – Zhang Yimou * Sideways – Alexander Payne [...]

Leonardo DiCaprio as Howard Hughes, The Aviator BEST FILM * THE AVIATOR Michael Mann / Sandy Climan / Graham King / Charles Evans Jr ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND Steve Golin / Anthony Bregman FINDING NEVERLAND Richard N. Gladstein / Nellie Bellflower DIARIOS DE MOTOCICLETA / THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES Michael Nozik / Edgard Tenembaum / Karen Tenkhoff / Walter Salles VERA DRAKE Simon Channing [...]