Marianne Jean-Baptiste demands your attention in ‘Hard Truths’
Yet that scene is a miracle precisely for what Jean-Baptiste does with it. The role couldn’t be more different from the ...
'Hard Truths' Review: Mike Leigh's Heartbreaking Drama
B ritish director Mike Leigh’s return to domestic, working-class London after two successful side trips to the 19th century ...
Breaking Baz: Michele Austin On How Her 30-Year Friendship With Marianne Jean-Baptiste & Mike Leigh Injected Truth Into ‘Hard Truths’
It’s amazing watching Mike Leigh’s film Hard Truths, starring the extraordinary Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Michele Austin, in ...
Review: Duck and cover, here comes Mike Leigh’s punishing ‘Hard Truths’
The director's latest misanthropic drama, following such films as "Bleak Moments" and "Naked," is a puckeringly sour delight, ...
‘Awards Chatter’ Pod — Mike Leigh on ‘Hard Truths,’ Mysterious Methods, Theatrical vs. Streaming and Loving ‘Anora’
James Woods has lost his Pacific Palisades home in the Southern California fires that continue to devastate parts of Los ...
Marianne Jean-Baptiste delivers ‘Hard Truths’ — and 2024’s best performance
She reteams with her "Secret and Lies" director, Mike Leigh, for this brutally funny drama about a British woman consumed ...
‘Hard Truths’: Read The Screenplay That Returns Seven-Time Oscar Nominee Mike Leigh To Modern London
Hard Truths, from seven-time Oscar-nominated writer-director Mike Leigh, reunited him with his Secrets & Lies star Marianne ...
Movie review: ‘Hard Truths’ another cinematic gift from filmmaker Mike Leigh
In partnership with his actors, Leigh excavates and displays the most vulnerable emotions and experiences a person can have, his films slowly building to cathartic crescendos, with glimmers of hope ...
BBC slammed by film director with scathing six-word verdict
Mike Leigh worked as a BBC film director for 12 years during the 1970s and 80s - but he's delivered a damning verdict about ...
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How does Mike Leigh make a movie? It’s complicated, but his actors wouldn’t have it any other way
There’s a mythology that surrounds Mike Leigh’s films. And like with any shared lore, not all of it is true. One misconception, for instance, is that his storytelling is largely improvised ...
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Film Review: Leigh's film challenges you to love the curmudgeon
British writer and director Mike Leigh has been nominated many times for Oscars in the United States; his 1996 Secrets and Lies won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival. He’s considered one of ...