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 ...
Leigh never lets his audience escape the underlying humiliation and helplessness Pansy feels, and Pansy never allows herself ...
The legendary English filmmaker gushed about Sean Baker's Palme d'Or winner during a recording of THR's 'Awards Chatter' ...
"I'm not too worried about her not being likable, but I was worried about people not having compassion for her." N early 30 ...
Baptiste, known for roles in "How to Get Away with Murder" and "Without a Trace," is receiving serious Oscar buzz for her ...
Oscar nominee Marianne Jean-Baptiste ("Secrets & Lies") teams back up with Mike Leigh for a searing new movie about empathy, ...
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 ...
The Village Voice review of Mike Leigh's latest film, "Hard Truths," notes that the improvisational filmmaker again scores smartly.
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 ...
Screening in Los Angeles this week: "Between the Temples" in 35mm and new releases "The Last Showgirl," "Den of Thieves 2: ...
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 ...