Another Year interview - Mike Leigh

It's not always hard to tell Mike Leigh and a ray of sunshine apart, but his films continue to take the breath away. At times as reassuring as a steaming brew; at others, as bleak as a winter's morning, Another Year sees the master filmmaker at the peak of his powers. It's a torch song to the struggles of life, ageing and running a small car. We chatted to Leigh and Lesley Manville whose performance as the film's struggling 40-something, Mary, is already attracting Oscar buzz. For more info. go to http://www.empireonline.com/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1114