Mike Leigh famously says his method of filmmaking is to “devise and direct,” meaning, his actors devise their characters ...

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

It seems to just … end. But “Hard Truths” isn’t a movie that’s going to give easy answers or wrap things in a bow. The last twenty minutes or so of “Hard Truths” stops being about ...

We welcome director Mike Lee back to the show. He talks with us about his recent film Hard Truths and what it was like to ...

It seems to just … end. But “Hard Truths” isn’t a movie that’s going to give easy answers or wrap things in a bow. The last twenty minutes or so of “Hard Truths” stops being about ...

Leigh's new movie, Hard Truths, could have been titled Unhappy-Go-Lucky. It follows a middle-aged North London misanthrope named Pansy, who's played, in the single greatest performance I saw in ...

‘Hard Truths’ sees Leigh in humane ... Which is not to say his movies are ever ugly or boring. Jean-Baptiste comes in like a wrecking ball here, Pansy possibly the most ironically-named ...

Instead, the film's skin-crawling explication of emotional self-immolation basically amounts to a horror movie, or something closer to medicine. Again, the "hard truth" (get it?) is that there can ...

Also new in Milwaukee movie theaters starting Jan. 24: "All We Imagine As Light," "Presence," "Brave the Dark," "Inheritance" and more.

I asked a group of film-lovers a question recently: what's a movie you adored but never, ever want to watch again? With Hard Truths, we may have another title for the pile. It's a surprising ...

Like nearly all Leigh's films, Hard Truths emerged from a rigorous months ... and she does everything she can to break through to Pansy. In the movie's most affecting scene, Chantelle drags ...