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Signup to Generate a PitchDevised and Directed: The Films of Mike Leigh is hosted by Devised and Directed. The show has published 16 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Hard Truths (with David Sims)" (13 August 2025, 77 minutes), "Peterloo (with Orla Smith)" (30 July 2025, 121 minutes), and "Mr. Turner (with Aaron from Hit Factory)" (23 July 2025, 99 minutes).
Devised and Directed: The Films of Mike Leigh publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 79 minutes across 16 episodes.
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Devised and Directed: The Films of Mike Leigh
<p>Film critic for The Atlantic and host of Blank Check (one of TIME Magazine’s 100 Best Podcasts of All Time) David Sims joins the show to discuss Mike’s most recent film, and one that could be viewed as the epitome of...
Devised and Directed: The Films of Mike Leigh
<p>Filmmaker, curator, critic, co-editor of Peterloo in Process: A Mike Leigh Collaboration, and associate producer of this very show Orla Smith joins Ian for the fourth time to (finally) discuss the film that started...
Devised and Directed: The Films of Mike Leigh
<p>Aaron from Hit Factory (one of Ian’s favorite film podcasts) joins the show to discuss the closest thing to a biopic Mike has ever made, and what could reasonably be considered the culmination of his decades-spanning...
Devised and Directed: The Films of Mike Leigh
<p>Filmmaker, curator, critic, and co-editor of Peterloo in Process: A Mike Leigh Collaboration Orla Smith returns to the show for a discussion on “another” one of her favorites, perhaps one of Mike’s most depressing...
Devised and Directed: The Films of Mike Leigh
<p>Teacher, author, and co-editor of Devised and Directed by Mike Leigh Marc DiPaolo joins the show for a discussion on what might be the ultimate Mike Leigh fan favorite, and Ian shares what might be his most...
Devised and Directed: The Films of Mike Leigh
<p>Peter Rinaldi, host of the Back to One podcast and three-time interviewer of the man himself, returns to the show for a discussion on Mike’s only film set within the milieu of his own childhood: post-war London; and...
Devised and Directed: The Films of Mike Leigh
<p>Bryan Cardinale-Powell, Oklahoma City University film professor and co-editor of Devised and Directed by Mike Leigh, returns to the show for a discussion on what is, in this show’s opinion, an underrated Mike...
Devised and Directed: The Films of Mike Leigh
<p>Cultural critic, senior editor of Bright Wall/Dark Room, and creator of Fran Magazine Fran Hoepfner returns to the show to discuss Mike’s sprawling, hilarious, and affecting love letter not only to the work of...
Devised and Directed: The Films of Mike Leigh
<p>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...
Devised and Directed: The Films of Mike Leigh
<p>Film journalist and This Had Oscar Buzz host Chris Feil joins Ian to discuss one of Mike’s most acclaimed and beloved films, and the only one to be given the patented Billy Crystal treatment.</p><p>All episodes in...
Devised and Directed: The Films of Mike Leigh
<p>Host of Movie Mindset and Chapo Trap House Will Menaker joins the show to discuss Mike’s true international breakout, and what could very reasonably be called his darkest and most challenging film.</p><p>All episodes...
Devised and Directed: The Films of Mike Leigh
<p>Next week we’re back to our regularly scheduled programming, but first… </p><p>Ian kicks off this bonus episode with some background on the man himself in the form of a quick, condensed Mike Leigh bio from birth to...
Devised and Directed: The Films of Mike Leigh
<p>Bryan Cardinale-Powell, Oklahoma City University film professor and co-editor of Devised and Directed by Mike Leigh, joins the show for a discussion on the very first Mike Leigh film Ian ever saw, as well as a quick...
Devised and Directed: The Films of Mike Leigh
<p>Fran Hoepfner is a cultural critic, senior editor of Bright Wall/Dark Room, creator of Fran Magazine, regular Vulture contributor, and avowed Leigh-head. She joins the show to discuss one of the more overtly...
Devised and Directed: The Films of Mike Leigh
<p>Peter Rinaldi, host of the Back to One podcast and three-time interviewer of the man himself, joins the show to discuss Mike’s kinda-TV-kinda-not film (and Safdie Brothers favorite): Meantime.</p><p>All episodes in...
Devised and Directed: The Films of Mike Leigh
<p>Host Ian Moran introduces the series and himself, and is then joined by filmmaker, curator, critic, and co-editor of Peterloo in Process: A Mike Leigh Collaboration Orla Smith to kick things off with a discussion on...
Devised and Directed: The Films of Mike Leigh
<p>Just a quick taste to understand what to expect from Devised and Directed: The Films of Mike Leigh</p><p><br></p><p>Email the show at MikeLeighPod@gmail.com</p>
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