Mike Leigh hits out at ‘offensive and racist’ criticisms of latest film
Mike Leigh has pushed back against “offensive and racist” criticisms of his latest film, Hard Truths. The film, a humanist drama about a woman with depression (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) and her personal ...
The hard truths of Mike Leigh and Marianne Jean-Baptiste’s decades-long ‘love fest’
In Mike Leigh’s latest movie, Hard Truths, a London family begins to splinter as an overbearing matriarch releases her ...
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Mike Leigh: ‘If you think my film’s about race, you’re the one with the problem’
His film 'Hard Truths' has faced accusations of cultural appropriation - but he says that shows a misunderstanding of what ...
Review: Marianne Jean-Baptiste captivates in Mike Leigh’s ‘Hard Truths’
You're unlikely to find a fiercer performance in the past year than Marianne Jean-Baptiste’s in Mike Leigh’s “Hard Truths,” ...
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Hard Truths director Mike Leigh: 'I make films for audiences to see, not for awards'
Mike Leigh, Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Michele Austin reunite on Hard Truths, a film exploring the toll of physical and mental pain.
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Director Mike Leigh On The Improvisational Path to ‘Hard Truths’
The writer-director calls his movies “tightly scripted,” but the harrowingly funny ‘Hard Truths’ wasn’t scripted in any conventional sense. “Everything was created on ...