Nicole Holofcener has cited Mike Leigh as a major influence--but I wonder if the current runs both ways. In her film "Friends With Money," Holofcener looks closely at undiagnosed mental illness. Her star, Frances McDormand, is almost constantly bubbling with rage. She picks a fight with the waiter who does not refill the coffee quickly enough. She begins screaming at CVS when someone tries to cut in line. Mike Leigh's new film, "Hard Truths," seems to repackage the Frances McDormand story. Leigh's central character, Pansy, is weighted with so much inner turmoil that she can't really tolerate another person's breathing. Her child leaves out a banana peel; this is objectively annoying, but for Pansy, the moment becomes cataclysmic. At Pottery Barn, Pansy sees someone with her shoes on top of the cushion on a model couch. Pansy takes this as a provocation; a fight begins. What makes Pansy amazing is that she doesn't even need an irritant to become ...