Film at Lincoln Center Podcast
Sep 30, 2026 · 19 min · 10 segments
At the 64th New York Film Festival, Mike Leigh, cast members Marion Bailey, Kate O' Flynn, and Alice Bailey Johnson, cinematographer Lucy Bristow, and producer Georgina Lowe discuss Tender Loving Care…
Mike LeighGuest
Marion BaileyGuest
Kate O'FlynnGuest
Georgina LoweGuest
Alice Bailey JohnsonGuest
Lucy BristowGuest
In fact, the guy that does the credits has usually done all the credits except he's left a gap because I'm still procrastinating about what to call it.
I thought, well, you could maybe call it Tender, Loving, Care, but that's a little bit corny and kind of, you know...
But it feels right.
Georgina, what did you think of the title when Mike proposed it to you? I'm curious, as the producer.
And I think that tender love and care feels much more accessible, but also it's really what the film is about.
I mean, the thing about it, it is difficult to christen, to give titles to things.
And I do, apart from, I suppose, amongst my films, apart from Vera Drake, which is about this woman called Vera Drake.
LAUGHTER mostly titles are sort of like they don't explain it they evoke something and the title works in conjunction with and sometimes in tension with and sometimes in harmony with the film in different ways
But I do love how the title sort of attunes us to the different forms of care that are in the film.
Obviously, we see characters who are working in the care sector, but we're also thinking about care within the family, elder care and care among friends.
So I'm just, you know...
I was wondering if you could say a bit about making a film about these different forms of care in the contemporary context, I suppose, in a world that can often seem indifferent or selfish or whatever the opposite of caring would be.
Do you want to talk a bit about exploring the job, really? Yeah, maybe, yeah, I think Kate and Alice, perhaps you could talk a bit about the research.
In fact, the guy that does the credits has usually done all the credits except he's left a gap because I'm still procrastinating about what to call it.
I thought, well, you could maybe call it Tender, Loving, Care, but that's a little bit corny and kind of, you know...
But it feels right.
Georgina, what did you think of the title when Mike proposed it to you? I'm curious, as the producer.
And I think that tender love and care feels much more accessible, but also it's really what the film is about.
I mean, the thing about it, it is difficult to christen, to give titles to things.
And I do, apart from, I suppose, amongst my films, apart from Vera Drake, which is about this woman called Vera Drake.
LAUGHTER mostly titles are sort of like they don't explain it they evoke something and the title works in conjunction with and sometimes in tension with and sometimes in harmony with the film in different ways
But I do love how the title sort of attunes us to the different forms of care that are in the film.
Obviously, we see characters who are working in the care sector, but we're also thinking about care within the family, elder care and care among friends.
So I'm just, you know...
I was wondering if you could say a bit about making a film about these different forms of care in the contemporary context, I suppose, in a world that can often seem indifferent or selfish or whatever the opposite of caring would be.
Do you want to talk a bit about exploring the job, really? Yeah, maybe, yeah, I think Kate and Alice, perhaps you could talk a bit about the research.
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