The uncomfortable genius of Mike Leigh. In “Hard Truths,” Leigh ... the relentlessly upbeat kindergarten teacher who animates Happy-Go-Lucky. A student of socialist realism might term Poppy ...

Mike Leigh’s “Hard Truths” invites you ... In film after sardonically titled film, from “Bleak Moments” and "Naked" to “Happy-Go-Lucky,” his cranks suffer more than anyone because ...

Mike Leigh movies feel like a magic trick ... their idiosyncrasies in the way they move about the world (cheerfully, as in “Happy-Go-Lucky”; chaotically in “Naked,” to name a few notable ...

Mike Leigh movies feel like a magic trick ... their idiosyncrasies in the way they move about the world (cheerfully, as in “Happy-Go-Lucky”; chaotically in “Naked,” to name a few notable ...

they can transform you’ She won a Golden Globe in 2008 for her role in Mike Leigh’s Happy-Go-Lucky. She accepted the award whilst having a broken collar bone and so couldn’t hold the award ...