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Hard Truths: Mike Leigh’s bleakly comic take on depression offers no easy answers

If you were to ask a computer programme to come up with a title for a new Mike Leigh film it could do no better than Hard Truths. Echoing the title of his very first film in 1971, Bleak Moments, Hard Truths represents a variation on the veteran British director’s…

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Marianne Jean-Baptiste tests our limits of empathy in 'Hard Truths'

Of all the movie protagonists you might have seen this year, none is quite like Marianne Jean-Baptiste’s Pansy in Mike Leigh’s “Hard Truths.”

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Best movies of 2024 in the US: No 5 – Hard Truths

Marianne Jean-Baptiste gives an immense, acidic performance as Pansy, a woman on the edge, in Mike Leigh’s strange, morbid miracle of a film

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Mike Leigh and Marianne Jean-Baptiste on rage, sex and insults: ‘There’s an intolerance in society now’

The director and actor talk about identifying with the angry lead in their new film Hard Truths – and why it took Netflix less than a minute to turn the movie down

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The Pirates of Penzance review – not modern nor general but major fun in revival of Mike Leigh’s trad staging

Gilbert & Sullivan stalwarts Richard Suart and John Savourin ensure that English National Opera’s staging buckles your swashes; and, as apprentice pirate Frederic, William Morgan is genuinely funny

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The Pirates of Penzance at the London Coliseum review: bold, bright and inviting as a comic strip

4/5 Mike Leigh’s take on the production is comparatively sober, but don’t worry: there’s still humour in spades

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Film advent calendar: 24 festive movies chosen by leading film figures

Count down to Christmas with favourites selected by Sean Baker, Gillian Anderson, John Waters, Mike Leigh, Gurinder Chadha, Will Sharpe and more

The Guardian - UK

Film advent calendar: count down to Christmas with 24 movies chosen by leading actors and directors

Sean Baker, Gillian Anderson, Mike Leigh, Gurinder Chadha and other figures from film and television select their festive favourites

The Guardian - UK

Mark Kermode on… director Mike Leigh, who mines the comedy and tragedy of life

From Nuts in May to Vera Drake and the forthcoming Hard Truths, Leigh’s unique creative process gives us perfectly crafted dramas and characters who feel real

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‘A revelation and a joy’: Mike Leigh pays tribute to cinematographer Dick Pope

Pope, who died this month, worked on every film Leigh has made since 1990. It was a professional partnership of ‘total harmony’, says the director

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Dick Pope obituary

Cinematographer known for his work with Mike Leigh on films such as Secrets and Lies and Mr Turner

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Dick Pope death: Tom Hardy leads tributes to ‘lovely friend’ as cinematographer dies, aged 77

Film icon had a close working relationship with director Mike Leigh

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Tom Hardy pays tribute to cinematographer and ‘lovely friend’ Dick Pope

Pope worked on the 2015 film Legend, starring Hardy as identical twins Reggie and Ronnie Kray.

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Dick Pope, cinematographer and Mike Leigh collaborator, dies aged 77

British Oscar nominee was known for work on films such as Mr Turner, The Illusionist and Secrets & Lies

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Hard Truths at London Film Festival review: Mike Leigh's unflinching new drama is an exhausting experience

The director’s first film in six years reunites him with the wonderful Marianne Jean-Baptiste – but the end result is hard work

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The best films to see at the London Film Festival 2024: from Blitz to Nightbitch

Steve McQueen’s new Second World War drama to the Cannes winner - these are the buzziest must-see watches from this year’s festival

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Don't miss these films at the BFI London Film Festival 2024

The BFI has announced the lineup for their 68th festival, and it's a stellar one

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Abigail’s Party review – Mike Leigh’s excruciating suburban comedy still stings

Vast amounts of shagpile set the scene for Jack Bradfield’s production of the grotesque classic about materialism and status chasing

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His Three Daughters to Peterloo: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Natasha Lyonne, Elizabeth Olsen and Carrie Coon are magnificent and touching as siblings saying goodbye to their dying father, while Mike Leigh’s rage powers his movie about the 1819 massacre

The Independent UK

Mike Leigh on 'Hard Truths' and his moviemaking struggles

When the British filmmaker Mike Leigh was 6, his father, a doctor who opposed his son becoming an artist, told him to quit drawing pictures of people

The Guardian - US

From Hard Truths to Nightbitch: 10 films to look out for at Toronto film festival 2024

Much-anticipated titles from Mike Leigh and Ron Howard lead lineup with stars such as Amy Adams and Hugh Grant

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Hard Truths: release date, trailer, cast and everything we know about the Mike Leigh movie

Acclaimed director Mike Leigh reunites with his Secrets and Lies star Marianne Jean-Baptiste. Here’s everything you need to know about Hard Truths.

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BFI London Film Festival 2024: What to watch, from award contenders to hidden foreign gems

The 68th BFI London Film Festival runs from between October 9 and October 20 in London and other major UK cities