It is a truth universally acknowledged, as Bridget Jones herself might write in her diary, that at the end of any Bridget Jones movie, our heroine has triumphed over all doubts and obstacles and is ...

Respect is a cornerstone of any successful relationship. You can’t use money to buy admiration or courtesy. If there’s a ...

You might think happiness is something fleeting that you can't control, but if you want to be consistently happy in life, you ...

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Happiness is multifaceted, and we should be wary of discounting pleasure and enjoyment as shallow or self-indulgent.

She lives a comfortable suburban life with her resigned husband Curtley (David Webber) and listless adult son Moses (Tuwaine Barrett), but is trapped by antipathy towards humanity that often ...

A star rating of 4 out of 5. The opening scene of Mike Leigh’s latest film Hard Truths sets the tone for this telling familial drama. Pansy (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) is asleep in her bed ...

the resentment she feels towards Curtley and guilt about Moses. All of which sounds quite grim, which it is, but there’s also a lot of laughs and for all the Hard Truths dished out, there is a ...

The company's name was taken from Shakespeare, whose wise fools both instructed and amused, and could speak the truth to the king -- without getting their heads lopped off.

At its core, Mike Leigh’s latest film “Hard Truths” explores how unconditional love can heal strained relationships. In the film, Leigh uses the characters’ contrasting familial situations to show ...

Like much of this quietly heartbreaking film, it’s very funny but also pretty bleak. Hard Truths is Jean-Baptiste’s second on-screen collaboration with Mike Leigh, the veteran director who has ...

desperate living could have been cut-and-pasted between scenes of Todd Solondz's Happiness (just lay some teeth-sucking on top). Because Hard Truths believes that for all of our beautiful ...