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 ...

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She is also Pansy’s younger sister, the yang to her kin’s yin ... you to work hard in forgiving her trespasses, it’s Marianne Jean-Baptiste that ultimately shoulders the film.

Happy Oscar Nominations Day! On Thursday, Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennott announced the nominations for the 2025 Oscars. Emilia ...

Marianne Jean-Baptiste has gained serious momentum toward a lead actress Oscar nomination with her performance as a depressed, caustic Londoner in “Hard Truths,” her second heart-wrenching ...

“The idea that you could arrive at ‘Hard Truths’ that way is impossible,” Leigh tells me, sitting in StudioCanal’s London office with frequent collaborator Marianne Jean ...

What do we do with the sad ones, the mad ones, the ones who seem to have been born carrying a grudge against the world? Easy enough to step around them when they’re ranting at the supermarket ...