Mike Leigh on Hard Truths and Universal Truths
Mike Leigh famously says his method of filmmaking is to “devise and direct,” meaning, his actors devise their characters ...
Mike Leigh Starts Work on New Film Shooting This Year with Support from Team Behind ‘Hard Truths’
While his reunion with “Secrets & Lies” star Marianne Jean-Baptiste for 2024’s “Hard Truths” may not have yielded the awards ...
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Mike Leigh (sort of) unpacks his new film Hard Truths
Mike Leigh’s films aren’t exactly big on explanation. So it wasn’t a huge surprise that Leigh himself wasn’t either. Interviewing him felt a little like playing a game of cards – one in ...
Mike Leigh To Shoot New Film This Year, Re-Teaming With Bleecker Street, Studiocanal, Film4 & Cornerstone Ahead Of EFM
Bleecker Street released Leigh’s latest drama Hard Truths nationwide in the U.S. on January 10 after an awards qualifying run ...
Mike Leigh already has eyes on his next project
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, per Deadline.
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Seven reasons Mike Leigh is one of Britain's greatest filmmakers
For more than 50 years, Mike Leigh has been one of Britain's most prolific and celebrated filmmakers. At 81, he's still going strong, recently releasing Hard Truths, which has been nominated for a ...
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Director Mike Leigh On The Improvisational Path to ‘Hard Truths’
The writer-director calls his movies “tightly scripted,” but the harrowingly funny ‘Hard Truths’ wasn’t scripted in any conventional sense. “Everything was created on ...