Renowned filmmaker Mike Leigh (1996’s Secrets & Lies)’s latest, Hard Truths, in its opening scenes, may be hard to take for a while until it becomes unbelievably funny thanks to the perfect ...

In Mike Leigh's newest film, Marianne Jean-Baptiste stars as an overly critical woman struggling with her mental health. Leigh and Jean-Baptiste talk with NPR's Scott Simon about "Hard Truths." ...

At that point, I had seen pretty much every Mike Leigh movie, ... Be in the room as this character, and I'm gonna watch you.” [So] she sat in a window and read a book for two and a half hours. There ...

Hard Truths, Mike Leigh’s first film in six years, ... J. Hoberman has written, co-written, or edited 14 books, including The Red Atlantis: ...

The British director Mike Leigh’s new movie, ‘Hard Truths,’ falls somewhere on the spectrum of tragic to comic that he’s honed through the years with films like ‘Topsy Turvy’ and ...

Mike Leigh: The Truth About Hard Truths is that It’s Hard to Take. ... A People’s Film History of the United States and co-author of The Hawaii Movie and Television Book. ...

The title of Mike Leigh’s latest movie, “Hard Truths,” suggests a remarkable, career-spanning consistency, tracing back to the stage and screen director’s 1971 big-screen debut, “Bleak ...

Mike Leigh, writer/director of the film "Hard Truths," poses for a portrait during the Toronto International Film Festival, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, in Toronto. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) TORONTO (AP) ...