Leigh does not typically work off a script when creating his stories, but rather builds his films off improvisations ...

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

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

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

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 ...

The director's latest misanthropic drama, following such films as "Bleak Moments" and "Naked," is a puckeringly sour delight, ...

But he makes the most incredible pieces of work so you go along with him.” Leigh’s process begins by asking his actors to make a list of people who make an impact on their daily lives or who ...

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

That thought process has been locked from the word go ... who would be the director,” she replies. “It would be a Mike Leigh heist movie.” Leigh is uninterested.