Topsy-Turvy (Mike Leigh, 1999): UK

Reviewed by Colin Marshall. Viewed on DVD. Suppose you entered a screening of Topsy-Turvy with no knowledge of its director. (Pretend also that you spent the director-revealing opening credits in the bathroom.) You might expect a whirlwind cinematic tour of the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan, its surface lavishly period, the productions themselves separated … Continue reading Topsy-Turvy (Mike Leigh, 1999): UK