Episode 71: Mike Leigh, Hard Truths and Family in Cinema

This week Ben & Danny tentatively embrace new technology in their discussion of Mike Leigh's newest effort, 'Hard Truths'. This prompts a discussion around Leigh's presentation family and his exhaustive and unconventional approach to collaboration with his actors creates punishingly raw presentations of the unspoken fractures that slowly eat away at the family unit. They also discuss its presentation in other films, from American melodramas to action cinema.