"By the time an actor gets to the point of improvisation in a Mike Leigh process, they've got a whole person that they're working with," Marianne Jean-Baptiste tells Newsweek.

The film marks a momentous reunion between the writer-director and Jean-Baptiste, whose first collaboration with Leigh—the 1996 Palme d’Or winner and best picture nominee Secrets & Lies—earned her a ...

The performance has earned Jean-Baptiste her best reviews since her last film with Leigh: “Secrets & Lies,” nearly 30 years ...

Leigh does not typically work off a script when creating his stories, but rather builds his films off improvisations ...