The New Yorker23d
Marianne Jean-Baptiste Gives a Performance for the Ages in “Hard Truths”
We first met Hortense Cumberbatch, the soft-spoken optometrist at the heart of Mike Leigh’s wonderful 1996 ... working-class dramas, such as “Life Is Sweet” (1991), “Another Year ...
35 classic movies based on novels
Spanning genres from crime to horror to romantic comedies and more, these are 35 classic movies that are based on novels.
50+ Years of Film with Mike Leigh
there are 10 possible films there, really. [Narrator] This is Mike Leigh. with his actors over months of research and ...
Nashville Scene5d
Mike Leigh’s ‘Hard Truths’ Is a Bitter Pill
In Mike Leigh’s new film Hard Truths, Marianne Jean-Baptiste basically plays my grandmother.
Mike Leigh Knows Someone Like Pansy, Too
The Hard Truths director on “growing” his films in collaboration with his actors, and why he’s not going to explain the ending to you.
Observer3d
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 ...
Houston Chronicle10d
Review: Marianne Jean-Baptiste is a revelation in Mike Leigh's 'Hard Truths'
Pansy (Marianne Jean-Baptiste), protagonist of Mike Leigh’s “Hard Truths ... Pansy about her behavior. Much like real life, Leigh’s unscripted, mostly improvised movies do not offer ...
Toronto Star3d
British filmmaker Mike Leigh transfixes with his searing new comedy-drama, ‘Hard Truths’
Written and directed by Mike Leigh. 97 minutes. Opens Friday at TIFF Lightbox and Cineplex Cinemas Varsity and VIP. STC British auteur Mike Leigh turns viewers into amateur psychiatrists with his ...