What is the prototypical American Southern film? That's not an easy question to answer because the states beneath the Mason-Dixon Line have experienced a lot over the last several hundred years. The ...

The legendary English filmmaker gushed about Sean Baker's Palme d'Or winner during a recording of THR's 'Awards Chatter' ...

Oscar nominee Marianne Jean-Baptiste ("Secrets & Lies") teams back up with Mike Leigh for a searing new movie about empathy, ...

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

"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.

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

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

British writer and director Mike Leigh has been nominated many times for Oscars in the United States; his 1996 Secrets and Lies won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival. He’s considered one of ...

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 ...

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

Mike Leigh's Hard Truths is a multifaceted character study anchored by an unforgettable performance from Marianne ...

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