‘It’s rare to see a middle-aged Black woman in pain this way on screen’
‘We’re not used to seeing – especially in the UK – a middle-aged Black woman in pain on screen in this way. I think there’s ...
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Hard Truths is magnificent - the Oscars got it wrong
Marianne Jean-Baptiste deserved to be nominated for her leading role as the prickly, difficult Pansy in Mike Leigh's towering study of everyday misery ...
Hard Truths review: Marianne Jean-Baptiste is ferocious and funny in this fearless drama
Mike Leigh’s uncompromising latest film is harrowing and hilarious, centred around a fearless lead performance by Marianne ...
Hard Truths Trailer (2024)
From acclaimed filmmaker Mike Leigh, comes Hard Truths. Starring BAFTA award- winner Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Michele ...
Marianne Jean-Baptiste on Hard Truths: ‘We tend to write off angry women’
Three decades after Secrets & Lies made her a star, the British actress has reunited with Mike Leigh – to give the ...
Mike Leigh’s Bafta-nominated Hard Truths will make you laugh and cry
The British director’s new film features a titanic performance from Marianne Jean-Baptiste, who reunites with him nearly three decades after his Oscar-nominated ‘Secrets & Lies’ ...
Marianne Jean-Baptiste on Hard Truths: "Usually, women behaving badly aren't tolerated"
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, 57, was born in south London and trained at Rada. Her breakthrough role was in Mike Leigh’s 1995 film ...
‘Hard Truths’ review: quiet devastation and laugh-out-loud rants from legendary director Mike Leigh
The latest from legendary director Mike Leigh is as brutal as they come ...
Marianne once told me she didn’t think she’d live past the Sixties. Her magic will live forever
Faithfull was a counterculture icon whose rich contradictions and artistic intensity changed everyone she brushed against ...
Hard Truths review: No Oscar nomination for Marianne Jean-Baptiste is criminal
The new film from Mike Leigh proves the 81 year-old is still a master of British realist cinema. The opening scene of Mike ...
A Decade On From #OscarsSoWhite, How Much Has Actually Changed?
Marianne Jean-Baptiste in ‘Hard Truths’, Danielle Deadwyler in ‘The Piano Lesson’, Clarence Maclin in ‘Sing Sing’, Aunjanue ...