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

Decades after "Barb Wire," the now-unvarnished star of "Baywatch" shines in a movie directed by Gia Coppola that's been ...

The year in cinema 2024 is officially behind us, which gives us an opportunity to commend the great performances of the year ...

Screening in Los Angeles this week: "Between the Temples" in 35mm and new releases "The Last Showgirl," "Den of Thieves 2: ...

To say that the British actor and director Mike Leigh have given us their best collaboration to date is too mild a sentiment.

The SAG Awards usually are a reliable forecast for Oscar glory. Will motion picture academy voters once again follow the ...

Here are the other movies that stuck out in 2024 that barely missed the top-10 cut: The Order, Orion and the Dark, The Wild Robot, Scoop, Between the Temples, Carry-On, In the Land of Saints and ...

Plus: Almodóvar's 'Room,' Hitchcock's 'Manxman,' Leigh's 'Hard Truths,' Schrader's 'Oh, Canada,' more movie reviews ...

"By the time an actor gets to the point of improvisation in a Mike Leigh process, they've got a whole person that they're working with," Marianne Jean-Baptiste tells Newsweek.

Leigh never lets his audience escape the underlying humiliation and helplessness Pansy feels, and Pansy never allows herself ...

B ritish director Mike Leigh’s return to domestic, working-class London after two successful side trips to the 19th century ...

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 ...