I n watching Hard Truths, the first film from writer-director Mike Leigh since 2018’s Peterloo, it’s hard not to think of the ...
Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Demi Moore's Golden ...
"By the time an actor gets to the point of improvisation in a Mike Leigh process, they've got a whole person that they're working with," Marianne Jean-Baptiste tells Newsweek.
The Village Voice review of Mike Leigh's latest film, "Hard Truths," notes that the improvisational filmmaker again scores smartly.
Leigh never lets his audience escape the underlying humiliation and helplessness Pansy feels, and Pansy never allows herself ...
A number of new movies and limited television series will debut this week, including the following titles opening in theaters ...
Mike Leigh’s latest comedy-drama considers what it’s like to live a life entirely of grievance.
The British actor and Mike Leigh have done more than given us another great collaboration. They've gifted us with a masterpiece of bruised humanity.
There are never enough slots in an Oscar lineup. For performers in films that haven’t been seen by enough voters, breaking ...
She reteams with her "Secret and Lies" director, Mike Leigh, for this brutally funny drama about a British woman consumed ...
The director's latest misanthropic drama, following such films as "Bleak Moments" and "Naked," is a puckeringly sour delight, ...
It’s amazing watching Mike Leigh’s film Hard Truths, starring the extraordinary Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Michele Austin, in ...