‘Hard Truths’ Co-Stars Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Michele Austin Pull Back the Curtain on Mike Leigh’s Unique Directing Process
The co-stars, who first played sisters in a 1993 Mike Leigh play, explain the iconoclastic director's unique method and how ...
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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 ...
Mike Leigh Knows Someone Like Pansy, Too
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.
Mike Leigh Calls America ‘Trump Land’: ‘It’s Hard Even to Begin to Articulate the Worry’
Mike Leigh calls America 'Trump Land' and worries that the country's population doesn't fully grasp the threat he poses.
50+ Years of Film with Mike Leigh
there are 10 possible films there, really. [Narrator] This is Mike Leigh. with his actors over months of research and ...
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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 ...
Mike Leigh: ‘I did a film in Northern Ireland about Catholics and Protestants. I did a play about Jews. To me it’s about people’
Hard Truths is as moving and acute a film as the 82-year-old has ever made. The director talks about rejection, vindication ...
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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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Marianne Jean-Baptiste: ‘People were following a narrative that had been created to explain me’
Jean-Baptiste did this, she says, to “stay honest”. And, well, because it’s the Mike Leigh way. Now, nearly 30 years after Secrets & Lies, Jean-Baptiste and Leigh have reunited for the ...
Mike Leigh Loves ‘Anora’: “Massively Impressive” (Exclusive)
The legendary English filmmaker gushed about Sean Baker's Palme d'Or winner during a recording of THR's 'Awards Chatter' ...
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‘Hard Truths’ Co-Stars Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Michele Austin Pull Back the Curtain on Mike Leigh’s Unique Directing Process
The title of Mike Leigh’s latest movie ... in “Secrets & Lies,” part of the bargain in working with Leigh is that the process is organic and nothing is certain from the outset.