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Hard Truths: release date, trailer, cast and everything we know about the Mike Leigh movie

Acclaimed director Mike Leigh reunites with his Secrets and Lies star Marianne Jean-Baptiste. Here’s everything you need to know about Hard Truths.

WhatToWatch

BFI London Film Festival 2024: What to watch, from award contenders to hidden foreign gems

The 68th BFI London Film Festival runs from between October 9 and October 20 in London and other major UK cities

Evening Standard

Mike Leigh To Receive Tribute Award At 2024 Toronto Film Festival

Renowned filmmaker Mike Leigh and other industry luminaries to be honored at 2024 Toronto Film Festival. Tribute Awards celebrate cinematic excellence and ...

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Toronto Film Festival lineup includes movies from Angelina Jolie, Mike Leigh, more

The Angelina Jolie-directed war film “Without Blood,” a documentary about Bruce Springsteen and Mike Leigh’s contemporary tragicomedy “Hard Truths” will have their world premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival this fall

The Independent UK

Toronto film festival: Jennifer Lopez, Hugh Grant and Mike Leigh head lineup

The 49th edition features a string of world premieres for many films hoping to be included in the year’s Oscar race

The Guardian - US

Mike Leigh: Peterloo protesters would be ‘horrified’ by voter abstention

At the Mediterrane film festival in Malta, the film-maker spoke out against UK citizens ‘seeing justification in not voting’ in the general election

The Guardian - UK

Her Name Was Moviola review – ode to editing machine a geekgasm for analogue fans

One for the historians and tech specialists maybe, but this documentary about the Moviola, used from the 1920s until the 21st century, is a fascinating watch

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Protestors clash outside historic cinema after venue vandalised for showing film about Hamas terror attack

Pro-Israeli protestors formed a guard around the cinema

The Independent UK

Ken Loach and Mike Leigh resign as patrons of London cinema over Israeli film festival screening

Loach said it was ‘simply unacceptable’ that the cinema is hosting the Seret film festival

The Guardian - UK

‘The greatest biodiversity in England’ – a wander through the Isle of Purbeck ‘super’ nature reserve

Alongside rare birds, reptiles and insects, this corner of Dorset, poignantly depicted in Mike Leigh’s Nuts in May, serves up brilliant heathland walks, sea views and pints of local ale

The Guardian - UK

Bernard Hill obituary

Versatile actor whose role as Yosser Hughes in the BBC’s 1982 series Boys from the Blackstuff made him a television star

The Guardian - UK

‘I was always able to get away with things’: Daniel Mays on playing bent coppers, acting opposite Michael Douglas, and working-class bias

It’s a huge leap from playing a bent copper in Line of Duty to starring in the musical Guys & Dolls, but if anyone can make a role work, it’s actor Daniel Mays

The Guardian - UK

Eddie Marsan: ‘Mitch Winehouse was a loving father whose daughter was an addict’

The actor on playing Amy Winehouse’s dad, leaving school at 15, and why he loves going back to London’s East End

The Guardian - UK

Tilda Swinton bedtime story among Cinema for Gaza auction lots

Chance to make porridge with Josh O’Connor or be serenaded by Olly Alexander also up for grabs in inaugural online auction to support Medical Aid for Palestinians in Gaza

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‘The worst film ever made’: how Sex Lives of the Potato Men broke British cinema

When the puerile comedy bombed, the film-makers blamed the critics and the Tories blamed the UK Film Council. Twenty years on, we reassess the legacy of a cinematic pariah whose champions include Stewart Lee and Mike Leigh

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Mike Leigh unveils cast and image for his film Hard Truths

Discover the latest on Mike Leigh's 23rd film, Hard Truths, including its cast, plot details, and production team. A highly anticipated contemporary drama ...

The Guardian - UK

Sweet Sue review – bleak moments explored in cartoony theatre of mockery

In a stark debut from Leo Leigh, Maggie O’Neill meets a mysterious biker and discovers his son is a narcissistic YouTuber and wannabe dancer

The Independent UK

Costume designer behind Daniel Craig’s blue Bond trunks admits she kept pair as souvenir

Lindy Hemming has reflected on the first time 007 star tried on his now-iconic swimming shorts during ‘enjoyable’ fitting

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The Guardian - UK

Jane Horrocks: ‘I’d love to be a baddie in a Tarantino movie’

The actor answers your questions on working with Mike Leigh, starring in a New Order video and dressing as a giant Snoopy at Harrods

The Guardian - UK

Actor Lucas Hedges: ‘I love nostalgia, so walking around England is another level’

The American star of Manchester By the Sea on making his West End debut in the world premiere of Brokeback Mountain, escaping tragic film roles, and nepo babies

The Guardian - UK

Post your questions for Alison Steadman

Ask the British national treasure – star of Mike Leigh films aplenty, as well as countless TV and stage roles – about any of her brilliant performances by 6pm Sunday

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer searches for a Labour candidate for Jeremy Corbyn’s seat

Corbyn tells us attempts to block him standing are an “infringement of the democratic rights” of local members.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Film Stars Call for Release of Jailed Iranian Actor Alidoosti

Hundreds of high-profile figures from the global cinema industry called Wednesday for Iran to release actor Taraneh Alidoosti, who was jailed over her support for the country's three-month-old protest movement. Actors Emma Thompson, Penelope Cruz, Kate Winslet and Ian McKellen and directors Ken Loach and Mike Leigh were among a…

The Guardian - UK

Hampstead theatre director quits after Arts Council 100% funding cut

The London venue known for nurturing Mike Leigh, Harold Pinter, Hanif Kureishi and Abi Morgan ‘can no longer continue solely as a new writing theatre’, says outgoing artistic director Roxana Silbert

The Guardian - UK

James Roose-Evans obituary

Founder director of the Hampstead theatre club who brought landmark productions to the London stage

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