Although clearly a man of the left, Leigh (like Dickens) is less interested in society than human nature. Some of his ...

Following period epics Mr Turner and Peterloo, Mike Leigh returns to contemporary London with Hard Truths, another bitter ... something reflected in the way her otherwise comfortable-seeming ...

There is no filmmaker alive who understands the mundanity and quiet grace of the human experience quite like Mike Leigh. Over a decades-spanning career he’s found poetry and pathos in the ...

A star rating of 4 out of 5. The opening scene of Mike Leigh’s latest film Hard Truths sets the tone for this telling familial drama. Pansy (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) is asleep in her bed ...

Hard Truths is a visceral drama centred around a ... particularly when Kayla is cut down in her marketing pitch by a snooty white boss. Life could easily turn against them, as it has for Pansy.

The company's name was taken from Shakespeare, whose wise fools both instructed and amused, and could speak the truth to the king -- without getting their heads lopped off.

At its core, Mike Leigh’s latest film “Hard Truths” explores how unconditional love can heal strained relationships. In the film, Leigh uses the characters’ contrasting familial situations to show ...

Like much of this quietly heartbreaking film, it’s very funny but also pretty bleak. Hard Truths is Jean-Baptiste’s second on-screen collaboration with Mike Leigh, the veteran director who has ...

Just don't expect to watch it twice With Hard Truths ... looking for a way out of the trap it willingly walked into — that the film's conceit starts to crystallize. In both cases, they are ...

With Hard Truths ... a terrified fox looking for a way out of the trap it willingly walked into — that the film's conceit starts to crystallize. In both cases, they are backing away from ...

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 ...

Family relationships in the post-pandemic world. I was in the packed hall at Davos to hear Trump speak. The audience went from laughter to silence in seconds. Elizabeth Warren tells Elon Musk she ...