And Mike Leigh, the seven-time Oscar-nominated director, and Marianne Jean-Baptiste, nominated as best supporting actress for her work in the 1996 film "Secrets & Lies" join us from New York ...

Nearly 30 years after Marianne Jean-Baptiste received an Oscar nomination for her first collaboration with director Mike Leigh, Secrets & Lies, the pair are back together with Hard Truths. "It's ...

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 ...

Marianne Jean-Baptiste says that she’s playing “the ultimate Karen” in Mike Leigh’s new film Hard Truths. The character’s name is, actually, Pansy. The horticulturalists at the Royal ...

Marianne Jean-Baptiste first got a taste of this experience working with Leigh on his London stage play "It's a Great Big Shame" in 1993 and earned an Oscar nomination in 1997 for her portrayal of ...

Director Mike Leigh vividly remembers the 1997 Academy Awards, where Marianne Jean-Baptiste was nominated for best supporting actress for her role in his best picture nominee “Secrets & Lies ...

Marianne Jean-Baptiste first got a taste of this experience working with Leigh on his London stage play “It’s a Great Big Shame” in 1993 and earned an Oscar nomination in 1997 for her ...

In Mike Leigh's newest film, Marianne Jean-Baptiste stars as an overly critical woman struggling with her mental health. Leigh and Jean-Baptiste talk with NPR's Scott Simon about "Hard Truths." ...