Mike Leigh famously says his method of filmmaking is to “devise and direct,” meaning, his actors devise their characters ...

Marianne Jean-Baptiste reunited with her 'Secrets & Lies' director to make the harrowing 'Hard Truths.' We spoke to them both about Leigh's famous prep process.

A new film from the legend that is director Mike Leigh is always an occasion and his latest, the BAFTA-nominated Hard Truths, is no exception. After the Victorian settings of Peterloo (2018) and Mr ...

Marianne Jean-Baptiste in “Hard Truths,” Danielle Deadwyler in “The Piano Lesson,” Clarence Maclin in “Sing Sing,” Aunjanue ...

British director Mike Leigh is best known for his depictions of every-day life and for his improv style. Here are his best movies. As Pansy goes about her day, complaining to, and about ...

Marianne Jean-Baptiste puts in a towering performance as the bitter, angry and ultimately unknowable heroine of Hard Truths, ...

Moviefone speaks with director Mike Leigh, Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Michele ... So, there's none of this sort of method style of living with this tortured character. MF: Michele, can you talk ...

The actress takes a star turn as a deliciously unlikable woman in Mike Leigh's new film Hard Truths.

Hard Truths feels like a part of a tradition of moral films in the style of Eric ... What makes Mike Leigh’s films so watchable and enduring as works of art has to do with his innate curiosity.