“Mike Leigh captures the restless, maddening, emasculating, demoralizing stench of poverty and unemployment with an acuity and piquancy that’s nearly unrivaled in cinema. Leigh understands the distilled rage such living conditions trigger, recognizing this rage for what it actually is: bottled energy that can’t be released.”
—Slant

Life on the dole in Thatcher’s England, Mike Leigh’s MEANTIME follows two brothers (QUADROPHENIA star Phil Daniels and a young Tim Roth) as the grind of public-housing life wears them down to a pulp. An early standout from Leigh, the great “chronicler of the British underclass.” (Little White Lies) Featuring a breakout performance by Gary Oldman. 

Featuring a post-film discussion and a pop-up shop on Sunday, August 16. This film’s book pairing, The Hard Road to Renewal: Thatcherism and the Crisis of the Left by Stuart Hall, is available for purchase at Alienated Majesty Books, in-person or online.