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The British director’s new film features a titanic performance from Marianne Jean-Baptiste, who reunites with him nearly three decades after his Oscar-nominated ‘Secrets & Lies’ ...

Mike Leigh is reunited after almost three (gulp) decades with his Secrets & Lies star Marianne Jean-Baptiste, and the results are as satisfyingly funny, bittersweet, and sad as fans could want.

Marianne Jean-Baptiste in "Hard Truths". “Hard Truths” (97 min, Rated R for language and thematic elements) 8 out of 10 Probably unbeknownst to most mainstream moviegoers is auteur British filmmaker ...

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