Mike Leigh famously says his method of filmmaking is to “devise and direct,” meaning, his actors devise their characters ...

Hard Truths is now out in cinemas, and here's how Mike Leigh's new movie explores depression in a relatable and original way.

Mike Leigh's Hard Truths is an impressionistic portrait of scattered lives, a tragicomedy made from the perspective of various members of a Black family slowly rotting in London. It's also a tough ...

Leigh's new movie, Hard Truths, could have been titled Unhappy-Go-Lucky. It follows a middle-aged North London misanthrope named Pansy, who's played, in the single greatest performance I saw in ...

We welcome director Mike Lee back to the show. He talks with us about his recent film Hard Truths and what it was like to ...

Hard Truths, a drama film written and directed by Mike Leigh, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 6, 2024, and was released in U.S. theaters on December 6 ...

Although the big family holiday celebrations are nearly a month in the past, there’s always a need for a new look at sibs, parents, and kids at the movies. This new release is set across the pond and ...

Movie Tavern Brookfield Square, North Shore, Ridge, South Shore cinemas; Silverspot Cinema. Marianne Jean-Baptiste, left, and Michele Austin in "Hard Truths." Short version: Two sisters who couldn ...

Instead, the film's skin-crawling explication of emotional self-immolation basically amounts to a horror movie, or something closer to medicine. Again, the "hard truth" (get it?) is that there can ...

Like nearly all Leigh's films, Hard Truths emerged from a rigorous months ... and she does everything she can to break through to Pansy. In the movie's most affecting scene, Chantelle drags ...

Like nearly all Leigh's films, Hard Truths emerged from a rigorous months-long workshop ... and she does everything she can to break through to Pansy. In the movie's most affecting scene, Chantelle ...