Hard Truths, Mike Leigh’s first film in six years ... the “angry young man.” Embodied by David Thewlis, the film’s newly homeless anti-hero rants his way to the end of the night, sexually ...

Mike Leigh is one of the most prolific living ... played miraculously by David Thewlis. As Johnny returns to his former lover Louise (Lesley Sharp) in London, we see the existential chaos that ...

Mike Leigh has pushed back against “offensive ... and actually my input into the dialogue is massive. “David Thewlis was brilliant at improvising Johnny [in Naked], but I’m brilliant at ...

Michael "Mike" Leigh, OBE (born 20 February 1943 ... Jane Horrocks in Life is Sweet, David Thewlis in Naked – and remarked that the list of actors who have worked with him over the years ...