How Marianne Jean-Baptiste Found 'Compassion' for Mike Leigh's 'Hard Truths'
"By the time an actor gets to the point of improvisation in a Mike Leigh process, they've got a whole person that they're ...
'Hard Truths': Marianne Jean-Baptiste plays the worst person you've ever met
Oscar nominee Marianne Jean-Baptiste ("Secrets & Lies") teams back up with Mike Leigh for a searing new movie about empathy, ...
Movies for solace or distraction after days of devastation
Screening in Los Angeles this week: "Between the Temples" in 35mm and new releases "The Last Showgirl," "Den of Thieves 2: ...
In "Hard Truths," a director and his muse reunite in a world that is far angrier than they left it
Mike Leigh and his longtime collaborator Marianne Jean-Baptiste search for answers in their latest tour de force ...
Los Angeles Artists Mourn as Their Studios and Artworks Go Up in Smoke
Artists who lived and worked in Altadena and the Pacific Palisades are worrying about irreplaceable losses, and their ...
New VR game Path of Fury celebrates of 80s kung fu cinema and 90s arcades
With Path of Fury Leonard is drawing on Chinese kung fu movies from the 80s, modern martial arts movies like The Raid, ...
A Couple Kisses That Sealed the Deal
Olivia Snyder-Spak and Eli Stein met on Hinge and quickly began dating. A trip to Turks and Caicos solidified their ...
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Weekend film reviews: ‘Hard Truths,’ ‘Vermiglio,’ The Last Showgirl’
The latest film releases include Hard Truths, Vermiglio, Diane Warren: Relentless, and The Last Showgirl. Weighing in are William Bibbiani, film critic for the Wrap and co-host of the Critically ...
Adrien Brody cries accepting best actor award amid California wildfires: 'A heavy day'
Adrien Brody won best actor at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards and gave an emotional speech reflecting on the California fires.
Breaking Baz: Michele Austin On How Her 30-Year Friendship With Marianne Jean-Baptiste & Mike Leigh Injected Truth Into ‘Hard Truths’
It’s amazing watching Mike Leigh’s film 'Hard Truths,' starring the extraordinary Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Michele Austin, ...
Review: In ‘Hard Truths,’ Marianne Jean-Baptiste gives the performance of the year
It is a truly blistering performance from Jean-Baptiste, reuniting with Leigh after many years, in a collaboration that was ...