Mike Leigh's Oscar Hopeful Mr. Turner Grumbles More Than The Boxtrolls

English director Mike Leigh has won acclaim for dramas like Secrets & Lies and Vera Drake, as well as praise for more convivial fare like Happy-Go-Lucky and Topsy-Turvy. Now, this seven-time Oscar nominated writer-director heads to the New York Film Festival with his latest, a biopic that dabbles in drama and cartoonish humor to tell the tale of the unconventional and often coarse J.M.W. Turner, who bangs about canvases, slams doors, and roughly gropes his housekeeper -- all within his first seq...