We all know that one person in our lives who can’t help themselves from being loud and rude for seemingly no reason. Marianne Jean-Baptiste plays this exact type in Mike Leigh’s latest film Hard ...

Pansy (Marianne Jean-Baptiste), protagonist of Mike Leigh’s “Hard Truths,” opening Friday in Houston, is not the first postmenopausal cinematic antiheroine to ask to speak to a manager. But she is — ...

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, ...

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.” Pansy, a middle-aged woman in contemporary London, is foul ...

She reteams with her ‘Secret and Lies’ director, Mike Leigh, for this brutally funny drama about a British woman consumed with anger British director Mike Leigh’s films demand that you meet his ...

The human psyche can contain irrational anger, leading to outbursts at strangers for minor offenses. Triggers for this rage can range from someone taking a parking spot before we’re ready to leave, to ...

Everyone has a Pansy Deacon in their life, or has at least encountered someone a lot like her at their job, a get-together, or simply railing against something or someone in a public place. She’s the ...

This image released by Bleecker Street shows Marianne Jean-Baptiste, left, and Michele Austin in a scene from "Hard Truths." (Simon Mein/Bleecker Street via AP) Pansy is angry and she doesn’t know why ...

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, ...