British director Mike Leigh’s return to domestic, working-class London after two successful side trips to the 19th century (2014’s Mr. Turner and 2018’s Peterloo) is titled Hard Truths. It ...

It has been 28 years since Mike Leigh and Marianne Jean-Baptiste worked together on a project, the pair’s breakout 1996 drama “Secrets & Lies,” which earned both Leigh and Jean-Baptiste ...

Leigh says he started work on his latest movie, Hard Truths, with one actor in mind: Marianne Jean-Baptiste.They'd last collaborated in 1996's Secrets in Lies, a drama about an adopted woman ...

Mike Leigh hits out at ‘offensive and racist’ criticisms of latest film. Award-winning drama features a mostly Black cast ...

Hard Truths: Mike Leigh’s latest is a scorchingly funny drama of depression, rage – and love Anchored by Marianne Jean-Baptiste’s incendiary performance, this portrait of a woman broken by ...

Dick Pope, who has died aged 77, was a twice Oscar-nominated cinematographer whose artistry and craft elevated the films of Mike Leigh as the latter expanded his filmmaking palette from the 1990s ...

Mike Leigh’s latest comedy-drama considers what it’s like to live a life entirely of grievance. Accessibility statement Skip to main content. Democracy Dies in Darkness.

More than 15 years ago, the great British director Mike Leigh made “Happy-Go-Lucky,” a miraculously lovely film about a woman of inveterate good cheer. Now he has created a character study of ...

The British realist director Mike Leigh loves the term “character actor,” which he uses often and with zeal. To him, it’s a term of great respect, meaning a performer who’s highly skilled ...

Starring Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Michele Austin, David Webber, Tuwaine Barrett, Ani Nelson, Sophia Brown and Jonathan Livingstone. Written and directed by Mike Leigh. 97 minutes. Opens Friday at ...