‘Hard Truths’ Review: You Can’t Help but Love a Bitter Marianne Jean-Baptiste in Mike Leigh’s Slender Sketch

Some people bring happiness and positivity into the world, illuminating the lives of all around them, and some make flowers wilt and milk curdle wherever they go. As Pansy, Marianne Jean-Baptiste embodies the latter sort in “Hard Truths,” coming away from her reunion with “Secrets & Lies” director Mike Leigh with her richest character yet […]