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 ...

Pansy is angry and she doesn’t know why. We all have days like that, when we snap at strangers for a minor infraction: The ...

Oscar nominee Marianne Jean-Baptiste ("Secrets & Lies") teams back up with Mike Leigh for a searing new movie about empathy, ...

Mike Leigh and his longtime collaborator Marianne Jean-Baptiste search for answers in their latest tour de force ...

The human psyche can contain irrational anger, leading to outbursts at strangers for minor offenses. Triggers for this rage ...

Baptiste, known for roles in "How to Get Away with Murder" and "Without a Trace," is receiving serious Oscar buzz for her ...

British writer and director Mike Leigh has been nominated many times for Oscars in the United States; his 1996 Secrets and Lies won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival. He’s considered one of ...

The public is fond of Anderson — she’s a survivor, and a straight-shooter — but as an actress she’s never been taken ...

In partnership with his actors, Leigh excavates and displays the most vulnerable emotions and experiences a person can have, his films slowly building to cathartic crescendos, with glimmers of hope ...

Yet that scene is a miracle precisely for what Jean-Baptiste does with it. The role couldn’t be more different from the ...

There are never enough slots in an Oscar lineup. For performers in films that haven’t been seen by enough voters, breaking ...