Mike Leigh’s “Peterloo,” about a notorious episode of political violence, is for most of its running time a riot of verbal eloquence. One of the characters, Henry Hunt (Rory Kinnear), takes “Orator” ...

Mike Leigh's spawling, intricately detailed film will give you a good overview of that appalling day in British history; on 16 August 1819 an undisciplined and badly led group of mounted and foot ...

Unfortunately, there's more drama and excitement in this simple, factual description of the historical background of Peterloo—which also serves as its plot—than there is in the film itself. The good ...