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And the winner should be… Observer critics choose their alternative Oscars for 2025

Before the Academy Award nominations are announced on Sunday, Observer critics name their standout movies, performances, directors and more

The Guardian - UK

Mike Leigh hits out at ‘offensive and racist’ criticisms of latest film

Award-winning drama features a mostly Black cast

The Independent UK

"Hard Truths" confronts an angry world

Mike Leigh and his longtime collaborator Marianne Jean-Baptiste search for answers in their latest tour de force

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The Best Drama Movies of 2025

These films are the year's very best and absolutely need to be on your watch list.

Marie Claire

Clues, improvisation and anti-pigeon devices – the vision behind Mike Leigh’s new film Hard Truths

The director’s trademark extemporising extends to touring suburbia to find the perfect setting for his latest production

The Guardian - UK

Golden Globes 2025: who will win and who should win the film awards?

Without clear frontrunners, this weekend’s awards ceremony could offer a string of surprises. Will it be Wicked or Emilia Pérez? The Brutalist or Conclave?

The Guardian - US

Marianne Jean-Baptiste tests our limits of empathy in 'Hard Truths'

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.”

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Best movies of 2024 in the US: No 5 – Hard Truths

Marianne Jean-Baptiste gives an immense, acidic performance as Pansy, a woman on the edge, in Mike Leigh’s strange, morbid miracle of a film

The Guardian - US

Golden Globes Nominations: Snubs And Surprises

Explore the snubs and surprises of the Golden Globes nominations, from overlooked performances to unexpected nods.

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Golden Globes: The snubs and surprises in the 2025 nominations

The Golden Globes nominated more than 40 individual films Monday and yet still managed to overlook quite a bit

The Independent UK

Irish rap comedy Kneecap tops British independent film awards

Director Rich Peppiatt said ‘there is an irony in the best British film being Irish’ as his Belfast-set film won seven prizes in total

The Guardian - UK

Mike Leigh and Marianne Jean-Baptiste on rage, sex and insults: ‘There’s an intolerance in society now’

The director and actor talk about identifying with the angry lead in their new film Hard Truths – and why it took Netflix less than a minute to turn the movie down

The Guardian - UK

Mark Kermode on… director Mike Leigh, who mines the comedy and tragedy of life

From Nuts in May to Vera Drake and the forthcoming Hard Truths, Leigh’s unique creative process gives us perfectly crafted dramas and characters who feel real

The Guardian - UK

Mike Leigh on 'Hard Truths' and his moviemaking struggles

When the British filmmaker Mike Leigh was 6, his father, a doctor who opposed his son becoming an artist, told him to quit drawing pictures of people

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Hard Truths review – a Mike Leigh classic of day-to-day disillusionment and courage

Marianne Jean-Baptiste is exceptional as a woman in the terrifying endgame of depression in this deeply sober and compassionate drama, not without flashes of fun

WhatToWatch

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.

Evening Standard

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

The Guardian - UK

‘Too much to bear’: Black actors condemn racial abuse of Romeo & Juliet star

More than 800 performers signed a letter after Francesca Amewudah-Rivers was targeted with online abuse

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Oscars 2025: who might be in the running for next year’s awards?

The dust may still be settling on this year’s race but next year’s ceremony could see stars such as Angelina Jolie and Barry Keoghan battling it out

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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

The week in TV: The Woman in the Wall; David Hockney: A Celebration; The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies; Starstruck – review

A blazing Ruth Wilson elevates a turbulent drama about Ireland’s Magdalene laundries; Hockney and Bragg make a classy double act; and a female revenge fantasy goes to the dark side

The Guardian - UK

The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies review – a joyfully fun takedown of a scammer ex-husband

This blackly comic drama follows a woman’s discovery that her missing spouse – who popped out for chow mein and never came back – is a conman. Her quest for revenge is a total thrill

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The Following Events are Based on a Pack of Lies cast

Who's in The Following Events Are Based On A Pack Of Lies cast? Meet the stars that crop up in this dark BBC comedy-thriller, and who they're playing.

WhatToWatch

The Following Events Are Based On A Pack of Lies: release date, cast, plot, trailer, interviews and all about the drama

The Following Events Are Based On A Pack of Lies on BBC1 stars Rebecca Staton, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Derek Jacobi and Romola Garai.

Evening Standard

The Following Events Are Based On A Pack Of Lies on BBC One review: twisted, off-beat and quirky

Yo-yo-ing between sinister and jolly, this show’s tone is uneven but it’s all very watchable

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