Mike Leigh, writer/director of the film "Hard Truths," poses for a portrait during the Toronto International Film Festival, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, in Toronto. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) TORONTO (AP) ...

Hard Truths is Leigh’s first feature since the wrongly underseen historical epic Peterloo (2018). Unlike that film, this is a return to Leigh’s more common mode: the working-class tragicomedy.

I n watching Hard Truths, the first film from writer-director Mike Leigh since 2018’s Peterloo, it’s hard not to think of the film in conjunction with the rest of his career, and in a way, how ...

Mike Leigh of 'Hard Truths' poses in the Getty Images Portrait Studio Presented by IMDb and IMDbPro during the Toronto International Film Festival at InterContinental Toronto Centre on September ...

It has been 28 years since Mike Leigh and Marianne Jean-Baptiste worked together on a project, the pair’s breakout 1996 drama “Secrets & Lies,” which earned both Leigh and Jean-Baptiste ...

Instead, “Hard Truths” is the result of 14 weeks of rehearsals and six weeks of filming. It marks Leigh’s second time working onscreen with Jean-Baptiste, who was nominated for an Oscar for ...

Hard Truths can also be read as a film in which post-lockdown fears borne of extended social isolation combine with post-austerity fury at the state of the nation. Leigh is open to these readings. But ...

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Mike Leigh, right, writer/director of the film "Hard Truths," poses with cast member Marianne Jean-Baptiste during the Toronto International Film Festival, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, in Toronto. (AP ...

Mike Leigh, writer/director of the film "Hard Truths," poses for a portrait during the Toronto International Film Festival, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, in Toronto. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) Mike ...