Mike Leigh: the last great left-wing filmmaker?

Mike Leigh returns to his natural stomping ground: the everyday reality of British working-class life.

Hard Truths is a powerful critique of the atomising forces that are devastating the working class.

The film makes only passing passing to racism, when Pansy worries that Moses loitering around town could make him a target for police.

Hard Truths is a pointed critique of modern atomisation, where individuals are left to fend for themselves in a society that no longer offers them a place.

Leigh understands that class is not just about income it’s about the conditions that shape how people experience the world.