The legendary English filmmaker gushed about Sean Baker's Palme d'Or winner during a recording of THR's 'Awards Chatter' ...
Having grown up in the rubble of post-WWII Great Britain, Leigh knows the impact fascism can have perhaps more than most. “I’ve been to the States in the last few weeks,” Leigh said during a ...
"Hard Truths" star Marianne Jean-Baptiste and director Mike Leigh, photographed in Santa Monica in January. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) There’s a mythology that surrounds Mike Leigh ...
James Woods has lost his Pacific Palisades home in the Southern California fires that continue to devastate parts of Los ...
I wouldn’t say Mike Leigh has the look of a vindicated man. That is not how he rolls. For the past 60 years or so he has cut a lugubrious figure as he steadily established himself as the most ...
The U.S. premiere of Hard Truths at the New York Film Festival in October brings director Mike Leigh back to the podcast for the third time (Ep. 54 and Ep. 204). He talks about working again with ...
The title of Mike Leigh’s latest movie, “Hard Truths,” suggests a remarkable, career-spanning consistency, tracing back to the stage and screen director’s 1971 big-screen debut ...
Mike Leigh has pushed back against “offensive and racist” criticisms of his latest film, Hard Truths. The film, a humanist drama about a woman with depression (Marianne Jean-Baptiste ...
the newest film from seven-time Oscar-nominated writer-director Mike Leigh that reunited him with his Secrets & Lies star Marianne Jean-Baptiste. After its world premiere at the Toronto Film ...
Mike Leigh's new film, "Hard Truths," can be tough stuff. Pansy Deacon is a middle-aged housewife living in London suburbs and always seems about to explode. She harangues her grown son ...
In an interview with The Times, Leigh, 81, responded to those questioning whether he had the right, as a white filmmaker, to direct a project featuring an almost entirely Black cast.