More than 15 years ago, the great British director Mike Leigh made “Happy-Go-Lucky ... richly developed portraits of his characters, informing the onscreen drama even as certain specificities ...

"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 ...

There’s a mythology that surrounds Mike Leigh’s films. And like with any shared lore, not all of it is true. One misconception, for instance, is that his storytelling is largely improvised ...

In tone and interest, Hard Truths is remarkably true to Leigh’s beginnings. It offers a gentle, inquiring curiosity about ‘everyday’ emotional lives; about what goes on behind closed doors; about the ...

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 ...

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

"Hard Truths" star Marianne Jean-Baptiste and director Mike Leigh, photographed in Santa Monica in January. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) There’s a mythology that surrounds Mike Leigh ...