Mike Leigh has pushed back against “offensive and racist” criticisms of his latest film, Hard Truths. The film, a humanist drama about a woman with depression (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) and her ...

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." ...

Smelling a Rat Mike Leigh's 1988 play "Smelling a Rat," his sly deconstruction of a bedroom farce, could be seen as a theatrical manifesto of sorts. Here he takes a classic setup -- one room, five ...

Grief, the latest play from director Mike Leigh, raised a lukewarm reception from critics despite "remarkable work" from lead actors.

Mike Leigh is set to go into production on his as-yet-untitled, super-secretive and now long-awaited next feature this year, The Hollywood Reporter can reveal In typical style for the beloved ...

Mike Leigh and Marianne Jean-Baptiste reunited for Hard Truths after their collaboration on Secrets and Lies.

Palme d’Or-winning director Mike Leigh is set to start production on his new film “Peterloo,” which Cornerstone Films is introducing to international buyers at the Cannes Film Festival ...

Greta Gerwig: I'd love to do a Mike Leigh playGreta Gerwig: I'd love to do a Mike Leigh play Available for over a year The actor and Oscar-nominated director of Lady Bird on her theatrical ambitions ...

Michael "Mike" Leigh, OBE (born 20 February 1943) is a British writer and director of film and theatre. He studied theatre at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and studied further at the ...

Originally put on at The Hampstead Theatre in 1977, it was the TV broadcast later that year in the BBC’s Play for Today strand which cemented the status of Abigail’s Party as an instant classic.

Grief, the latest play from director Mike Leigh, raised a lukewarm reception from critics despite "remarkable work" from lead actors.