The Hard Truths director on “growing” his films in collaboration with his actors, and why he’s not going to explain the ending to you.

EXCLUSIVE: Filming is expected to start later this year on Mike Leigh’s next project, which will see the acclaimed ...

Marianne Jean-Baptiste reunited with her 'Secrets & Lies' director to make the harrowing 'Hard Truths.' We spoke to them both about Leigh's famous prep process.

“Nobody works in this way, other than Mike… It’s like magic.” 5. He holds up a mirror to British life Leigh looks at all parts of British life for his work. His films have explored many ...

British auteur Mike Leigh turns viewers into amateur psychiatrists with his transfixing new film, “Hard Truths,” and its main ...

The writer-director calls his movies “tightly scripted,” but the harrowingly funny ‘Hard Truths’ wasn’t scripted in any conventional sense. “Everything was created on ...

Leigh does not typically work off a script when creating his stories, but rather builds his films off improvisations conducted with his actors. “‘Hard Truths’ came out of months of ...

Mike Leigh, the guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter's Awards Chatter podcast, is one of the greatest English filmmakers of all time. He has written ... body of work of any contemporary ...