A colleague once told me that I shouldn’t take Mike Leigh’s films with contemporary settings as slices of everyday life. He was right: they’re hyperreal. Especially Hard Truths, in which his take on a ...

The legend of British cinema on his unique way of working, Marianne Jean-Baptiste's Bafta-nominated performance and what's ...

Hard Truths is now out in cinemas, and here's how Mike Leigh's new movie explores depression in a relatable and original way.

The writer-director calls his movies “tightly scripted,” but the harrowingly funny ‘Hard Truths’ wasn’t scripted in any conventional sense. “Everything was created on ...

Mike Leigh’s uncompromising latest film is harrowing and hilarious, centred around a fearless lead performance by Marianne ...

The British director’s new film features a titanic performance from Marianne Jean-Baptiste, who reunites with him nearly ...

She reteams with her "Secret and Lies" director, Mike Leigh, for this brutally funny drama about a British woman consumed with anger.

Sometimes she goes out to shop or run errands, only to wind up picking fights with the people she meets: a dentist, a ...

Sometimes she goes out to shop or run errands, only to wind up picking fights with the people she meets: a dentist ... Tuwaine Barrett is quietly heartbreaking as Pansy's son, Moses, who isolates ...