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.
Mike Leigh hits out at ‘offensive and racist’ criticisms of latest film - Award-winning drama features a mostly Black cast ...
In a close-up portrait of an intolerably contemptuous woman, the veteran director returns to his miserabilist comic mode.
British director Mike Leigh’s return to domestic, working-class London after two successful side trips to the 19th century ...
During the last 25 years of his life, artist JMW Turner faces losses in his personal life and declining health. However, he also embraces innovative new approaches to painting that provoke controversy ...
With a long production initially delayed by lockdown, Hard Truths is also Leigh’s return to a contemporary domestic setting after the historical dramas Mr Turner (2014) and Peterloo (2018).
In a revealing documentary, Mike Leigh, director of Secrets ... some of cinema's most celebrated performances, and Leigh's new film Mr Turner is already winning critical acclaim.
The title of Mike Leigh’s latest movie, “Hard Truths,” suggests a remarkable, career-spanning consistency, tracing back to the stage and screen director’s 1971 big-screen debut, “Bleak Moments.” For ...