Although clearly a man of the left, Leigh (like Dickens) is less interested in society than human nature. Some of his ...

Leigh is now 81, and he’s still producing brilliant films. Hard Truths has been nominated for two Baftas, for Outstanding ...

Mike Leigh is one of England's most well-renowned ... Leigh's most recent film was a historical war drama from 2018. Peterloo stars Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, and David Moorst in a large ensemble ...

In Hard Truths Mike Leigh, one of Britain’s greatest living directors, reunites with actor Marianne Jean-Baptiste nearly thirty years after her cast her in the exceptional Secrets & Lies for a new ...

Peterloo, for sure. And Naked ... I’m making a film with Mike Leigh,” and they were so amazed to find anybody who wanted their stuff that we got it for free! Another interesting thing about ...

In watching Hard Truths, the first film from writer-director Mike Leigh since 2018’s Peterloo, it’s hard not to think of the film in conjunction with the rest of his career, and in a way ...

Mike Leigh has pushed back against “offensive and racist” criticisms ... a very remote people called 19th-century human beings [Topsy-Turvy, Mr Turner and Peterloo]. The fear of ‘Am I allowed to tell ...