[garinda]

I've just watched Mike Leigh's film 'All Or Nothing'. The man is a genius. His body of work in the future will portray the Britain of today, just as Dickens did in the nineteenth century with his books.

Grotesque, dark, sad and funny. Pure brilliance.

I first watched his work when I was fifteen in 1980, when the BBC showed a retrospective of his earlier television plays, including 'Abigail's Party' and 'Nuts in May'.

'Life is Sweet', 'Secrets and Lies', 'Vera Drake', I've never seen one of his films that didn't thrill me. The ensemble of actors he uses have deservedly received their Oscar nominations, and prizes from all the major film festivals.

All that and he's northerm too, can't be bad. Classic British film making.