It's amazing watching Mike Leigh's film Hard Truths, starring the extraordinary Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Michele Austin, in an American theater. Another layer is added as audience members, mostly ...

The title of Mike Leigh’s latest movie, “Hard Truths,” suggests a remarkable, career-spanning consistency, tracing back to the stage and screen director’s 1971 big-screen debut, “Bleak Moments.” For ...

Echo Lake Entertainment has signed John Dagleish, the actor who took home the Olivier for his role in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button stage musical, and Michele Austin, who recently earned acclaim ...

In British filmmaker Mike Leigh’s 1996 domestic drama Secrets & Lies, Timothy Spall delivered a memorable third-act monologue to his family, including the newly resurfaced half-Black daughter (played ...