A new film from the legend that is director Mike Leigh is always an occasion and his latest, the BAFTA-nominated Hard Truths, is no exception. After the Victorian settings of Peterloo (2018) and Mr ...
It's amazing watching Mike Leigh's film Hard Truths, starring the extraordinary Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Michele Austin, in an American theater. Another layer is added as audience members ...
Mike Leigh’s uncompromising latest film is harrowing and hilarious, centred around a fearless lead performance by Marianne ...
“Hard Truths” builds upon the humanistic director’s signature method, reuniting him with Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Michele Austin. The pair first played sisters in Leigh’s 1993 play “It ...
She brings the opposite energy to Hard Truths, her first reunion with Leigh since that Oscar-nominated turn and a towering performance in itself. (American audiences may recognize her from network ...
When her mellower sister Chantelle (Michele Austin) asks why she can’t enjoy life, Pansy instinctively blurts, “I don’t know!” As Pansy, Jean-Baptiste reteams with the director who got her ...
Breaking Baz: Michele Austin On How Her 30-Year Friendship With Marianne Jean-Baptiste & Mike Leigh Injected Truth Into ‘Hard Truths’ Baz Bamigboye Thu, January 9, 2025 at 10:29 AM UTC ...
It’s amazing watching Mike Leigh’s film Hard Truths, starring the extraordinary Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Michele Austin, in an American theater. Another layer is added as audience members ...