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.

British director Mike Leigh’s return to domestic ... one that doesn’t end with the film's brilliant final shot but — we hope ...

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 ...

"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.

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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 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 ...

"I'm not too worried about her not being likable, but I was worried about people not having compassion for her." Nearly 30 years after Marianne Jean-Baptiste received an Oscar nomination for her ...

Mike Leigh’s “Hard Truths” invites you to spend an hour and a half with the most insufferable woman in the world. (If you personally know a worse one, my condolences.) That the ...