NEW YORK – In “Hard Truths,” Marianne Jean-Baptiste gives the best performance you may not have seen yet. “For me, it means a lot,” says the acting veteran, sipping green tea on a recent ...

Critics Pick ‘Hard Truths’ Review: You Can’t Help but Love a Bitter Marianne Jean-Baptiste in Mike Leigh’s Slender Sketch The revered English director builds a prickly portrait around his ...

Jean-Baptiste knows this process well — her first film with Leigh, 1996’s adoption drama Secrets & Lies, won her an Oscar nomination; then she appeared in one of his stage productions, and ...