Search: Directed by Sophie Hyde

52 Tuesdays (2013)

Review preview for 52 Tuesdays

There is no effort to sanitise characters' lives in order to get a message across, and as a result the film never feels preachy.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5

Over the course of a year, a teenage girl adjusts to life as a woman while her mother adjusts to life as a man.
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (2022)

Review preview for Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

Inevitably, there is a slight air of the stage about this and an emotional gear change at the midway point doesn't quite feel fully earned but the actors so fully inhabit these roles that they carry you with them.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5

Nancy Stokes, a retired school teacher, is yearning for some adventure, and some sex. Good sex. And she has a plan: she hires a young sex worker named Leo Grande.
Jimpa (2025)

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The film’s initial loose and enjoyable construction gradually drifts towards a drawn-out and repetitive melodramatic conclusion.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5

Hannah takes her nonbinary teenager, Frances, to Amsterdam to visit their gay grandfather, Jim - lovingly known as Jimpa. But Frances’ desire to stay abroad with Jimpa for a year means Hannah is forced to reconsider her beliefs about parenting and finally confront old stories about the past.
Life In Movement (2011)

Review preview for Life In Movement

This carefully crafted and wonderfully edited documentary stands as a warm and absorbing tribute to Tanja Liedtke's work, her impact on the dance scene around her and as a testimony to the joys of creativity itself.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5

A look back at the career of a talented dancer and choreographer tragically killed at the age of just 29.
My Last Ten Hours With You (2007)

Review preview for My Last Ten Hours With You

Hyde's lingering camera shows us the heat, captures an eternity of stillness that threatens to be the whole of life.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5

A loving relationship is about to end and nobody knows what to say.