There’s a mythology that surrounds Mike Leigh’s films. And like with any shared lore, not all of it is true. One ...

Hard Truths, from seven-time Oscar-nominated writer-director Mike Leigh, reunited him with his Secrets & Lies star Marianne ...

Leigh does not typically work off a script when creating his stories, but rather builds his films off improvisations ...

Leigh’s film examines the underlying anger and cynicism of the central character’s depression, but it may leave the viewer ...

It seems the same can be said of picking movies, as collaborators Mike Leigh and Marianne Jean-Baptiste joined forces once again to take on the Criterion Closet. The two are currently promoting ...

The British realist director Mike Leigh loves the term “character actor,” which he uses often and with zeal. To him, it’s a term of great respect, meaning a performer who’s highly skilled ...

Mike Leigh is one of the most prolific living filmmakers, an acolyte of the human condition. With a body of work that ranges from micro-dramas to period-set opulence, Leigh makes films that never ...

Of all the movie protagonists you might have seen this year, none is quite like Marianne Jean-Baptiste’s Pansy in Mike ...

Having started his career in the theater, Mike Leigh knows to put a lot of trust in his actors. Unlike most auteurs who begin the process of building a new project by writing a script, Leigh ...

Leigh does not typically work off a script when creating his stories, but rather builds his films off improvisations conducted with his actors. “‘Hard Truths’ came out of months of ...