"By the time an actor gets to the point of improvisation in a Mike Leigh process, they've got a whole person that they're ...

Oscar nominee Marianne Jean-Baptiste ("Secrets & Lies") teams back up with Mike Leigh for a searing new movie about empathy, ...

Mike Leigh’s latest comedy-drama considers what it’s like to live a life entirely of grievance.

Leigh never lets his audience escape the underlying humiliation and helplessness Pansy feels, and Pansy never allows herself ...

Baptiste, known for roles in "How to Get Away with Murder" and "Without a Trace," is receiving serious Oscar buzz for her ...

Marianne Jean-Baptiste is giving a family update after her daughter was forced to evacuate during the Los Angeles wildfires.

The human psyche can contain irrational anger, leading to outbursts at strangers for minor offenses. Triggers for this rage ...

In partnership with his actors, Leigh excavates and displays the most vulnerable emotions and experiences a person can have, his films slowly building to cathartic crescendos, with glimmers of hope ...

British writer and director Mike Leigh has been nominated many times for Oscars in the United States; his 1996 Secrets and Lies won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival. He’s considered one of ...

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The public is fond of Anderson — she’s a survivor, and a straight-shooter — but as an actress she’s never been taken ...