“Hard Truths,” the latest film from Mike Leigh, could easily have been called ... Her husband, Curtley (David Webber), a plumber, takes it all in with an exhausted grimace.

Pansy (Marianne Jean-Baptiste), protagonist of Mike Leigh’s “Hard Truths,” opening ... as Pansy does? When her plumber husband, Curtley (David Webber) and failure-to-launch young adult ...

This she reviews at the breakfast table, uninterrupted by her plumber ... says Leigh. “The crew comes and shoots the thing in a classical way in terms of film discipline.” Mike Leigh at ...

By David Sexton Mike Leigh’s first feature film ... silenced husband, Curtley (David Webber), a plumber, and their unemployed, depressed and obese son, Moses (Tuwaine Barrett). Not to beat about the ...

Mike Leigh famously says his method of filmmaking is to “devise and direct,” meaning, his actors devise their characters under Leigh’s guidance. Through the process, he discovers the movie ...

On the day that “Hard Truths” opens in U.K. cinemas, news of the next feature from Mike Leigh — a filmmaker not exactly known for his prolific output — has been announced. As per usual ...

The international rights for the project will likely be sold at the upcoming European Film Market in Berlin. While his reunion with “Secrets & Lies” star Marianne Jean-Baptiste for 2024’s ...

EXCLUSIVE: Filming is expected to start later this year on Mike Leigh’s next project, which will see the acclaimed writer-director reuniting with recent collaborators Cornerstone, Bleecker ...

Mike Leigh is getting behind the camera to break your heart all over again sometime this year. The acclaimed director has set his next project with longtime collaborator Bleecker Street ...