Marianne Jean-Baptiste reunited with her 'Secrets & Lies' director to make the harrowing 'Hard Truths.' We spoke to them both about Leigh's famous prep process.

But he makes the most incredible pieces of work so you go along with him.” Leigh’s process begins by asking his actors to make a list of people who make an impact on their daily lives or who ...

His film 'Hard Truths' has faced accusations of cultural appropriation - but he says that shows a misunderstanding of what ...

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.

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 memories. As an actor, what is that process like? Do you wish ...

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.

Before his 2024 film Hard Truths was released, Leigh's most recent film was a historical war drama from 2018. Peterloo stars ...

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 ...

"I'm there to make you care, to move you, to make you laugh, to make you cry…to hopefully improve your lives." Mike Leigh has ...

The title of Mike Leigh's latest movie, "Hard Truths," suggests a remarkable, career-spanning consistency, tracing back to ...