In a sign of the changing times, an extension of the building in 1835 was funded by Jean Baptiste Filose, a French mercenary serving as a commander in the army of Gwalior’s Daulat Rao Scindia.
It is almost 30 years since Jean-Baptiste and Leigh collaborated on a film—the cult 1996 comedy drama Secrets & Lies, which ...
The actor's performance as a depressed, caustic Londoner in 'Hard Truths' could put her back in the Academy Awards race.
In his excoriatingly funny new film, the British realist Mike Leigh reunites with a key actor from his 1996 triumph, “Secrets ...
Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor have never worked together before, but the two bonded like old friends in the latest installment of TheWrap’s longform series Visionaries ...
“The idea that you could arrive at ‘Hard Truths’ that way is impossible,” Leigh tells me, sitting in StudioCanal’s London office with frequent collaborator Marianne Jean ...
The Notes On The Season column covers Awards Madness, Oscar Nominations, Film Festivals, Golden Globes, and an Interview with ...
To say that the British actor and director Mike Leigh have given us their best collaboration to date is too mild a sentiment.
Of all the movie protagonists you might have seen this year, none is quite like Marianne Jean-Baptiste’s Pansy in Mike Leigh’s “Hard Truths.” Pansy, a middle-aged woman in contemporary ...
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre’s last year on the job was marked by what many saw as more embarrassing clarifications behind the podium. In 2024, Jean-Pierre dealt with several ...
Jean-Marie Le Pen was variously loved and loathed - but he changed the shape of modern French politics. His youth was shaped by war and he then lived a life of constant battles. Le Pen's political ...