Mike Leigh, Marianne Jean-Baptiste

Review: Marianne Jean-Baptiste is a revelation in Mike Leigh's 'Hard Truths'
Pansy (Marianne Jean-Baptiste), protagonist of Mike Leigh’s “Hard Truths,” opening Friday in Houston, is not the first postmenopausal cinematic antiheroine to ask to speak to a manager. But she is — apologies to Frances McDormand’s career — the most fascinating.
Review: Duck and cover, here comes Mike Leigh's punishing 'Hard Truths'
The director's latest misanthropic drama, following such films as "Bleak Moments" and "Naked," is a puckeringly sour delight, socked over by Marianne Jean-Baptiste.
‘Hard Truths’ Co-Stars Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Michele Austin Pull Back the Curtain on Mike Leigh’s Unique Directing Process
The co-stars, who first played sisters in a 1993 Mike Leigh play, explain the iconoclastic director's unique method and how 'Hard Truths' took shape.
Breaking Baz: Michele Austin On How Her 30-Year Friendship With Marianne Jean-Baptiste & Mike Leigh Injected Truth Into ‘Hard Truths’
It’s amazing watching Mike Leigh’s film 'Hard Truths,' starring the extraordinary Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Michele Austin, in an American theater.
‘Hard Truths’ has Director Mike Leigh Reunited with Actor Marianne Jean-Baptiste for a Caustic, Funny Film.
Jean-Baptiste plays Pansy, a woman who suffers no fools, pushing everything around her away, but also confronting deeply-held family issues.
Review: Marianne Jean-Baptiste captivates in Mike Leigh’s ‘Hard Truths’
You're unlikely to find a fiercer performance in the past year than Marianne Jean-Baptiste’s in Mike Leigh’s “Hard Truths,” writes Moira Macdonald.
Marianne Jean-Baptiste talks new movie 'Hard Truths'
ABC News’ Linsey Davis talks to Marianne Jean-Baptiste about her new movie “Hard Truths” and working without a defined script.
Mike Leigh, Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Michele Austin Talk 'Hard Truths'
Moviefone speaks with director Mike Leigh, Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Michele Austin about 'Hard Truths'. For me, films come from life, Leigh said.
Review: Marianne Jean-Baptiste is Oscar caliber as mad-at-the-world woman in 'Hard Truths'
Marianne Jean-Baptiste gives an Oscar-caliber performance as a bitter angry woman who strikes out at everyone she encounters in this funny, painfully dramatic slice-of-life from veteran English director Mike Leigh.
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'Hard Truths' Review: Mike Leigh's Heartbreaking Drama
British director Mike Leigh’s return to domestic, working-class London after two successful side trips to the 19th ...
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Film offers 'Hard Truths' about why some people are happy — and others are miserable
Marianne Jean-Baptiste gives a phenomenal performance as a profoundly unhappy woman. There isn't a lot of plot, but director ...
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Marianne Jean-Baptiste: ‘People were following a narrative that had been created to explain me’
And, well, because it’s the Mike Leigh way. Now, nearly 30 years after Secrets & Lies, Jean-Baptiste and Leigh have reunited for the brilliant Hard Truths. It is classic Mike Leigh: ...
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How does Mike Leigh make a movie? It’s complicated, but his actors wouldn’t have it any other way
Instead, “Hard Truths” is the result of 14 weeks of ... who would be the director,” she replies. “It would be a Mike Leigh heist movie.” Leigh is uninterested. “Let me know how that ...