“Hard Truths,” the latest film from Mike Leigh, could easily have been called “Hurt People.” And we all know what hurt people do.

Plot details on the film are under wraps as it's likely not even Leigh knows entirely what the film will be about. As is his ...

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Mike Leigh, right, writer-director of the film Hard Truths, poses with cast member Marianne Jean-Baptiste during the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 7, 2024. (Chris Pizzello/Invision ...

“Why can’t you enjoy life?” “I don’t know.” These two lines, spoken between the sisters Pansy and Chantelle in Mike Leigh’s new film Hard Truths, get you right in the heart. And Hard Truths is, ...

In Mike Leigh’s latest movie, Hard Truths, a London family begins to splinter as an overbearing matriarch releases her unbridled frustrations ...

By David Sexton Mike ... Leigh has made two historical films, the terrific Mr Turner (2014) – Timothy Spall gurning and grunting as the great painter – and the righteous dud Peterloo (2018). Now, at ...

Michele Austin, director Mike Leigh and Marianne Jean-Baptiste at the BFI London Film Festival gala screening of Hard Truths (Ian West/PA) PA Wire Her new film Hard Truths sees her reunite with ...

Marianne Jean-Baptiste in Hard Truths Courtesy ... scenes,” says Leigh. “The crew comes and shoots the thing in a classical way in terms of film discipline.” Mike Leigh at the 68th BFI ...

That’s what Mike Leigh, the 82-year-old ... worry that she’s cratering. Leigh and Jean-Baptiste have been nominated for many awards for Hard Truths and won the New York Film Critics Circle ...

And, well, because it’s the Mike Leigh way. Now, nearly 30 years after Secrets & Lies, Jean-Baptiste and Leigh have reunited for the brilliant Hard Truths. It is classic Mike Leigh: perceptive ...

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