‘Life Is Sweet’
No one makes films like England’s Mike Leigh. Thanks to Leigh’s impeccable instincts about authentic human moments, we don’t merely watch the funny/sad lives of a British working-class family in this follow-up to Leigh’s “High Hopes,” we experience them with a level of emotional authenticity few pictures approach. Brazen, quirky, enormously sympathetic, unlike what you’re used to seeing. Starring Alison Steadman, pictured left with Jane Horrocks (BRAVO Monday at 5 p.m., again at 11 p.m.).
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