It's amazing watching Mike Leigh's film Hard Truths, starring the extraordinary Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Michele Austin, in an American theater. Another layer is added as audience members, mostly ...
The title of Mike Leigh's latest movie, "Hard Truths," suggests a remarkable, career-spanning consistency, tracing back to the stage and screen director's 1971 big-screen debut, "Bleak Moments." For ...
Pansy’s sister, Chantelle (Michele Austin), is the only one who continues to take her behaviour in stride, repeatedly reaching out in spite of Pansy’s rebukes. It’s hard to believe the ...
She brings the opposite energy to Hard Truths, her first reunion with Leigh since that Oscar-nominated turn and a towering performance in itself. (American audiences may recognize her from network ...
It’s amazing watching Mike Leigh’s film Hard Truths, starring the extraordinary Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Michele Austin, in an American theater. Another layer is added as audience members ...
“Hard Truths” builds upon the humanistic director’s signature method, reuniting him with Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Michele Austin. The pair first played sisters in Leigh’s 1993 play “It ...