More than 15 years ago, the great British director Mike Leigh made “Happy-Go-Lucky ... richly developed portraits of his characters, informing the onscreen drama even as certain specificities ...

"I'm not too worried about her not being likable, but I was worried about people not having compassion for her." N early 30 ...

Marianne Jean-Baptiste reunited with her 'Secrets & Lies' director to make the harrowing 'Hard Truths.' We spoke to them both ...

‘We can all deliver a speech” brags a 19th-century argumentifier, one of many crowding Mike Leigh’s impressive ... Outstanding among Peterloo’s portraits is conscripted soldier Joseph ...

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 ...

In tone and interest, Hard Truths is remarkably true to Leigh’s beginnings. It offers a gentle, inquiring curiosity about ‘everyday’ emotional lives; about what goes on behind closed doors; about the ...

Writer-director Mike Leigh and Marianne Jean-Baptiste discuss the legendary British filmmaker's latest work and experiencing a bucket list moment for cinephiles.