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4/5 The British director’s new film features a titanic performance from Marianne Jean-Baptiste, who reunites with him nearly three decades after his Oscar-nominated ‘Secrets & Lies’

4/5 Mike Leigh’s uncompromising latest film is harrowing and hilarious, centred around a fearless lead performance by Marianne Jean-Baptiste

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Oscar-nominated actor says she has had to compromise because of dearth of complex roles in UK and Hollywood

A movie about a trans cartel leader and a body horror about pressures on women to stay young resonated with Academy voters.

The London-born actress, who has been living in America for many years, said she hopes that ‘good will overcome and will unite people’.

A history-making nomination. A nod that will get Trump riled up. A film no one can agree on. Yep, it's Oscar season

The film academy had plenty of surprise nominations Thursday for the 97th Oscars

THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: ‘Secrets & Lies’ made her the first Black British woman to be nominated for an Oscar. Now, nearly 30 years and 160 episodes of the ‘factory-like’ US cop drama ‘Without a Trace’ later, she has reunited with Mike Leigh for the blistering ‘Hard Truths’ – it’s earned…

Acting shortlists are dominated by newcomers to the exclusion of industry veterans, but The Substance’s Coralie Fargeat is the only female director in shortlist of six

Ralph Fiennes and Demi Moore are nominated in the leading acting categories.