There’s a mythology that surrounds Mike Leigh’s films. And like with any shared lore, not all of it is true. One ...

Leigh never lets his audience escape the underlying humiliation and helplessness Pansy feels, and Pansy never allows herself ...

Pansy (Marianne Jean-Baptiste), protagonist of Mike Leigh’s “Hard Truths,” opening Friday in Houston, is not the first ...

Having grown up in the rubble of post-WWII Great Britain, Leigh knows the impact fascism can have perhaps more than most.

Marianne Jean-Baptiste gives a phenomenal performance as a profoundly unhappy woman. There isn't a lot of plot, but director ...

"I'm there to make you care, to move you, to make you laugh, to make you cry…to hopefully improve your lives." Mike Leigh has ...

“Hard Truths” is a small independent film that focuses on Pansy, the matriarch of a small family living in London. Pansy is ...

The title of Mike Leigh’s latest movie, “Hard Truths,” suggests a remarkable, career-spanning consistency, tracing back to ...

Before his 2024 film Hard Truths was released, Leigh's most recent film was a historical war drama from 2018. Peterloo stars ...

In partnership with his actors, Leigh excavates and displays the most vulnerable emotions and experiences a person can have, ...

Hard Truths, from seven-time Oscar-nominated writer-director Mike Leigh, reunited him with his Secrets & Lies star Marianne ...

The legendary English filmmaker gushed about Sean Baker's Palme d'Or winner during a recording of THR's 'Awards Chatter' ...