‘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 something really powerful about that,’ Michele tells Metro about the multi-Bafta-nominated feature already making waves for Black British representation in the film industry.

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

Faithfull was a counterculture icon whose rich contradictions and artistic intensity changed everyone she brushed against

From acclaimed filmmaker Mike Leigh, comes Hard Truths. Starring BAFTA award- winner Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Michele Austin.

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’

The latest from legendary director Mike Leigh is as brutal as they come

Brian Bowe reviews Mike Leigh's latest, Hard Truths, a tragi-comedy character study featuring an incredible turn from Marianne Jean-Baptiste

Marianne Jean-Baptiste in ‘Hard Truths’, Danielle Deadwyler in ‘The Piano Lesson’, Clarence Maclin in ‘Sing Sing’, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor in ‘Nickel Boys’ – why has the Academy ignored so many of the year’s best performances?

Mike Leigh’s uncompromising latest film is harrowing and hilarious, centred around a fearless lead performance by Marianne Jean-Baptiste

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 Leigh’s latest film Hard Truths sets the tone for this telling familial drama.

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