Like nearly all Leigh's films, Hard Truths emerged from a rigorous months ... with a passivity that's both sympathetic and infuriating. The most significant supporting character is Pansy's younger ...

“Hard Truths,” the latest film from Mike Leigh, could easily have been called “Hurt People.” And we all know what hurt people do.

Austin) in Hard Truths Hard Truths can also be read as a film in which post-lockdown fears borne of extended social isolation combine with post-austerity fury at the state of the nation. Leigh is open ...