Chic couture, bio-terror and a whole load of Mike Leigh: Lesley Manville’s finest films – ranked!

With her 70th birthday around the corner, we assess the greatest screen outings by the indisputable doyenne of dour British drama – and plenty more asides Among the bold choices in Luca Guadagnino’s feverish film of William S Burroughs’ novel are the late 20th-century pop and alternative soundtrack (Nirvana, Prince, New Order) for a 1950s story, and the casting of an unrecognisable, orc-like Manville in a trumped-up cameo as the shaman Dr Cotter, who was male in the original book. Continue r...

By Ryan Gilbey