Jimpa, 2025.Written and Directed by Sophie Hyde. Starring Olivia Colman, John Lithgow, Aud Mason-Hyde, Daniel Henshall, Kate Box, Eamon Farren, Hans Kesting, Zoë Love Smith, Romana Vrede, Deborah Kennedy, Jean Janssens, Frank Sanders, Cody Fern, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Bryn Chapman, Parish Len, Leo Vincent, and Julian Cruiming.SYNOPSIS:Hannah and her non-binary teenager Frances visit her gay grandfather […]
Movie Review – Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (2022)
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, 2022.Directed by Sophie Hyde. Starring Emma Thompson, Daryl McCormack, and Isabella Laughland.SYNOPSIS:Follows Nancy Stokes, a 55-year-old widow yearning for some adventure, human connection, and some sex, good sex.Nancy Stokes (a self-conscious, insecure, courageous, pitch-perfect performance from Emma Thompson that ranks among her career best) has hired a male escort. […]
Sundance London 2019 Review – Animals
Animals, 2019.Directed by Sophie Hyde Starring Holliday Grainger, Alia Shawkat, Fra Fee, Dermot Murphy and Amy Molloy.SYNOPSIS:Resisting the building urge to grow up, 30 year old Laura rockets between her old party animal lifestyle and her newly found, more mature, love affair.Laura and her flatmate Tyler live from one night out to the next, barely […]
