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The British director’s new film features a titanic performance from Marianne Jean-Baptiste, who reunites with him nearly ...

The legend of British cinema on his unique way of working, Marianne Jean-Baptiste's Bafta-nominated performance and what's ...

Hard Truths: filmmaker Mike Leigh returns for the first time since 2018 with this incredible human drama, and it deserves ...

The stars of Saturday Night from left to right: Kim Matula, as Jane Curtain, Emily Fairn, as Laraine Newman, Gabriel La Belle ...

From acclaimed filmmaker Mike Leigh, comes Hard Truths. Starring BAFTA award- winner Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Michele ...

Marianne Jean-Baptiste gives a fearless performance in Mike Leigh’s empathetic portrait of the outrageously hostile Pansy, whose hardened façade masks a real fragility.

‘We’re not used to seeing – especially in the UK – a middle-aged Black woman in pain on screen in this way. I think there’s ...

Marianne Jean-Baptiste deserved to be nominated for her leading role as the prickly, difficult Pansy in Mike Leigh's towering study of everyday misery ...

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

SATURDAY NIGHT (15) 109 mins ★★★★☆ ONCE you’ve seen the first ever Saturday Night Live sketch you’ll wonder how the show ...