No one last year gave a performance that comes close to what Marianne Jean-Baptiste does in Hard Truths. Photo: Simon Mein/Thin Man Films Pansy Deacon, the London woman played by Marianne Jean ...

As a result, Jean-Baptiste's performance, electrifying as it is, is also steeped in emotional complexity; the more time we spend with Pansy, the more we see that her rage against the world arises ...

NEW YORK – In “Hard Truths,” Marianne Jean-Baptiste gives the best performance you may not have seen yet. “For me, it means a lot,” says the acting veteran, sipping green tea on a recent ...

I’ll leave the cliffhanger for you to discover and debate (Jean-Baptiste gave her own reading of it). It is a truly blistering performance from Jean-Baptiste, reuniting with Leigh after many ...