Mr. Turner is a 2014 biopic based on the life of notable British painter J. M. W. Turner, written and directed by Mike Leigh and produced by Georgina Lowe. The film premiered at the Cannes Film ...
Timothy Spall portrays British landscape painter J.M.W. Turner in Mike Leigh's buzzy biopic By Ashley Lee Four-time Cannes competition veteran (and 1996 Palme d’Or winner for Secrets & Lies), Leigh ...
Spall said of art critic John Ruskin: "I think Turner really liked the fact that he put him up there, but really felt he should've minded his own business" By Ashley Lee Four-time Cannes competition ...
Timothy Spall on Mr. Turner, Fame, and the British Class System“You have to take the kicks in the ass as well as the garlands.” Urgh! Argh! Ptooie! A Grunt-by-Grunt Guide to Mr. TurnerMike Leigh’s new ...
Timothy Spall's Mr Turner has been revealed as the most complained about film of 2014 in the UK. The biopic featured a sex scene that prompted 19 people to write letters of complaint to the British ...
British painter J. M. W. Turner was a complex character. One art critic described him as an artist who could most "stirringly and truthfully measure the moods of Nature." In his new film, Mr. Turner, ...
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Amid clear sunny skies and swaying palm trees, the competition of the Cannes Film Festival opened on a strong note with British auteur Mike Leigh’s “Mr. Turner,” about the great painter J.M.W. Turner.