Marianne Jean-Baptiste gives a phenomenal performance as a profoundly unhappy woman. There isn't a lot of plot, but director ...

It is a truly blistering performance from Jean-Baptiste, reuniting with Leigh after many years, in a collaboration that was ...

Christopher Abbott, Julia Garner and the director of 'The Invisible Man' attempt to flip the script on werewolf movies. It almost works.

You're unlikely to find a fiercer performance in the past year than Marianne Jean-Baptiste’s in Mike Leigh’s “Hard Truths,” ...

It’s got fur, ain’t it?” She has a particular facility for insults — when she informs a woman on line behind her at the ...

In Mike Leigh's newest film, Marianne Jean-Baptiste stars as an overly critical woman struggling with her mental health. Leigh and Jean-Baptiste talk with NPR's Scott Simon about "Hard Truths." ...

"Better Man" is a live-action biopic about Williams in which he's portrayed as a chimpanzee, unlike everyone else in the film. No characters comment on his appearance, however. The movie follows his ...

The British actor and Mike Leigh have done more than given us another great collaboration. They've gifted us with a masterpiece of bruised humanity.

For more than 50 years, British filmmaker Mike Leigh has been making modestly scaled but profoundly affecting movies about everyday people, their imperfect lots in life, and their need to thrive and ...

Writer-director Mike Leigh and Marianne Jean-Baptiste discuss the legendary British filmmaker's latest work and experiencing a bucket list moment for cinephiles.

But for Pansy, the unforgettable heroine of Mike Leigh’s film “Hard Truths” portrayed by Marianne Jean-Baptiste, that ...

It’s a good week for new film releases, mostly opening in theaters, including a must-see from Mike Leigh. Also on the slate: ...