Although clearly a man of the left, Leigh (like Dickens) is less interested in society than human nature. Some of his ...

Mike Leigh has managed to consistently create fantastic movies that tap into contemporary Britain with ease, exploring class, ...

Hard Truths feels drawn from reality, which gives the movie its own cinematic language. It’s like your creations are the things others will reference later. Mike Leigh: Well, look, to be honest ...

“Why can’t you enjoy life?” “I don’t know.” These two lines, spoken between the sisters Pansy and Chantelle in Mike Leigh’s new film Hard Truths, get you right in the heart. And Hard Truths is, ...

Where Mike Leigh's excellent movie Hard Truths differs from the deluge of mental health focused media is in its refusal to offer diagnosis. Pansy (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) is not the easiest woman ...

“Hard Truths,” the latest film from Mike Leigh, could easily have been called “Hurt People.” And we all know what hurt people do. Marianne Jean-Baptiste is Pansy, a middle-aged housewife ...

Hard Truths takes an astonishingly sensitive approach in telling the story of a bitter housewife.

The British director’s new film features a titanic performance from Marianne Jean-Baptiste, who reunites with him nearly three decades after his Oscar-nominated ‘Secrets & Lies’ ...

He talks with us about his recent film Hard Truths and what it was like to reunite with actor... Mike Leigh on 'Hard Truths,' James Bond and more Some filmmakers have the whole movie in their ...

Mike Leigh is reunited after almost three (gulp) decades with his Secrets & Lies star Marianne Jean-Baptiste, and the results ...

“Filming with [Mike Leigh], you only know what your characters ... at the Toronto International Film Festival this past fall, Hard Truths was lauded in large part for Leigh’s consideration ...

Her approach to the world leaves her isolated by many, except her sister Chantelle. Mike Leigh joins us to talk about Hard Truths and his approach to filmmaking. He also shares what types of movies he ...