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Hard Truths: A Tough-Watch Family Affair with the Difficult, the Damaged and the Resilient

Hard Truths: A Tough-Watch Family Affair with the Difficult, the Damaged and the Resilient

By Liz Braun

ReviewJim SlotekJanuary 22, 2025Mike Leigh movies, Dysfunctional families, Chronically difficult people, Hard Truths, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Michele Austin, Cinematographer Dick Pope, Tuwaine Barrett, Sophia Brown, Resilience versus NegativityComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Hard Truths' Mike Leigh on Why Casting is Separating Sheep from Goats

Original-Cin Q&A: Hard Truths' Mike Leigh on Why Casting is Separating Sheep from Goats

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekJanuary 22, 2025Director Mike Leigh, Hard Truths, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Oscar-nominated director and actress, Toronto Film Critics Association, Defining a character actor, The process of casting, Rehearsing on location, Separating sheep from goats in castingComment

In Fabric : Cuckoo Horror About Murderous Garment Upgolds Director Strickland’s Pedigree

By Thom Ernst

ReviewDecember 5, 2019TIFF 2019, In Fabric, Peter Strickland, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Midnight Madness, Horror, Sidse Babett KnudsenComment