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Deborah Mailman: ‘There’s almost a permission now – people can just be incredibly cruel and racist’

The actor, who reunites with Warwick Thornton in his frontier western Wolfram, reflects on her late parents, the failed voice referendum and her obsession with space

The Guardian - AU · Apr 28

Marianne Jean-Baptiste: ‘I’d work for Mike Leigh again in a heartbeat – in fact, I’ll pay him!’

The actor moved to LA 22 years ago. Now she’s back in the UK to star alongside Bryan Cranston in All My Sons. She talks about the frightening rehearsal schedule, how she’d work again with Mike Leigh in a heartbeat, and why she’s taking up boot-making

The Guardian - UK · Nov 16, 2025

Wolfram review – Warwick Thornton’s sequel to Sweet Country never quite comes together

Set four years after Thornton’s blistering neo-western, this film is impressively atmospheric and has strong performances, though Deborah Mailman is criminally underused

The Guardian - AU · Oct 27, 2025

"Hard Truths" confronts an angry world

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

Salon · Jan 10, 2025

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 · Jan 5, 2025

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 · Dec 9, 2024

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 · Nov 30, 2024

The Diplomat season 2 episode 3 recap: fireworks in the country

Kate struggles to keep things from falling apart. Read on to learn what happened in The Diplomat season 2 episode 3 recap.

WhatToWatch · Nov 1, 2024

Hard Truths at London Film Festival review: Mike Leigh's unflinching new drama is an exhausting experience

The director’s first film in six years reunites him with the wonderful Marianne Jean-Baptiste – but the end result is hard work

Evening Standard · Oct 14, 2024

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

The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2024