Pansy, the central character in “Hard Truths,” British director Mike Leigh’s first film in six years, is one of the most unpleasant, off-putting and utterly exhausting characters to grace a movie ...

Hard Truths (now streaming on Paramount+) lasts 97 minutes, and I don’t think we’d survive if it was 98. I know – hyperbole. But the film, from inimitable British director Mike Leigh, is about a ...

“Hard Truths” star David Webber said working with costar Marianne Jean-Baptiste was a “very intense and beautiful process” that was also “painful.” The pair play husband and wife Curtley and Pansy in ...

Pansy is angry and she doesn’t know why. We all have days like that, when we snap at strangers for a minor infraction: The person who wants the spot in the parking lot that you’re not ready to leave, ...

Ross Bonaime is the Senior Film Editor at Collider. He is a Virginia-based critic, writer, and editor who has written about all forms of entertainment for Paste Magazine, Brightest Young Things, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Simon is a Los Angeles-based journalist who covers film and TV. Jan 07, 2025, 06:05pm EST (Left to right) 'Hard Truths' actress ...

As President Donald Trump's Republicans punished conservative independence—even a voice that was for the most part ...