Leigh never lets his audience escape the underlying humiliation and helplessness Pansy feels, and Pansy never allows herself that grace either. In that respect, calling the film “Hard Truths” almost implies a well-earned victory lap for a filmmaker who has dedicated his work to elucidating the complexities of the human condition,

The title of Mike Leigh's latest movie, "Hard Truths," suggests a remarkable, career-spanning consistency, tracing back to the stage and screen director's 1971 big-screen debut, "Bleak Moments." For more than half a century,

Jean-Baptiste has worked with Leigh off and on since the ‘90s. She wrote parts of the score to one of his earliest films, another exploration of prickly women and relationships, 1997’s Career Girls. “ (Leigh) trusts that when I'm going to go into a project,

Baptiste, her 30-years-later reunion with the legendary filmmaker Mike Leigh as the star of “Hard Truths,” in theaters now, has been a remarkable triumph.