The legend of British cinema on his unique way of working, Marianne Jean-Baptiste's Bafta-nominated performance and what's ...

Leigh is now 81, and he’s still producing brilliant films. Hard Truths has been nominated for two Baftas, for Outstanding ...

Marianne Jean-Baptiste deserved to be nominated for her leading role as the prickly, difficult Pansy in Mike Leigh's towering ...

‘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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In Hard Truths Mike Leigh, one of Britain’s greatest living directors, reunites with actor Marianne Jean-Baptiste nearly ...

Marianne Jean-Baptiste gives a fearless performance in Mike Leigh’s empathetic portrait of the outrageously hostile Pansy, whose hardened façade masks a real fragility.

Marianne Jean-Baptiste, 57, was born in south London and trained at Rada. Her breakthrough role was in Mike Leigh’s 1995 film ...

INTERVIEW: ‘Secrets & Lies’ made her the first Black British woman to be nominated for an Oscar. Now, nearly 30 years and 160 ...

Mike Leigh re-teams with Marianne Jean-Baptiste for the story of a woman against the world. Read the Empire review.

The new film from Mike Leigh proves the 81 year-old is still a master of British realist cinema. The opening scene of Mike ...

She's lethal with the put-downs of loved ones and strangers alike, is doing hard time inside her own head, and closing off more and more of the world outside by the day. Pansy's sister Chantelle ...