Breaking Baz: Filmmaker Sophie Hyde Says It Wasn’t Easy Casting Olivia Colman To Play Her In Hot Sundance Movie ‘Jimpa’
EXCLUSIVE: Sundance prize-winning filmmaker Sophie Hyde (Good Luck to You, Leo Grande) says casting “a version of yourself” is not an easy task. “It’s very tricky to do,” says Hyde, director of Jimpa,
‘Jimpa’ Review: Olivia Colman and John Lithgow in a Well-Intentioned but Numbingly Earnest Inter-Generational Queer Family Drama
Sophie Hyde’s latest centers on a filmmaker navigating the cross currents between her nonbinary teenager and her hedonistic gay father while working on a project about the end of her parents’ marriage.
'Jimpa' Review: Olivia Colman and John Lithgow Soar in Beautiful, Bittersweet Drama
How do you capture a life? After all, there is nothing more breathtakingly vast than an existence full of joy, pain, pleasure and agony. Doing so is an immense undertaking that requires honesty and care in equal measure as we must look deeply at someone to expose all of what made them who they are without also hiding all of what can be many rough edges.
Breaking Baz: John Lithgow Bares His Soul — And That’s Not All! — In Powerful Sundance Pic ‘Jimpa’ With Olivia Colman As His Daughter
Deadline's Baz Bamigboye writes that John Lithgow is extraordinary as he bares his soul in ‘Jimpa,’ which opened the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.
Olivia Colman on Basking in Queer Love—and Crying Her Eyes Out—in Aussie Drama Jimpa
If I could work with the queer community and trans people on every film, I’d have the happiest life,” the Oscar winner tells Vanity Fair. “Also, I learned more about myself.”
‘Jimpa’ Sundance review: John Lithgow stars as a gay grandpa in sappy film that tries too hard
That we’re watching John Lithgow go on about oral sex and Olivia Colman chatting about polyamory with her teenage child make ...
‘Jimpa’ Review: A Liberated John Lithgow Sets the Tone for an Unkempt Homage to Tradition-Defying Kin
Sophie Hyde’s highly unorthodox family portrait pays homage to her dad, who died before her trans child could appreciate his ...
Sundance Film Festival 2025: All Of Deadline’s Movie Reviews
While the Sundance Film Festival mulls a big move for 2027 , the 2025 is under way. The event’s 41st edition kicked off ...
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“I Always Love Rehearsals” | Sophie Hyde, Jimpa
Films are made over many days, but some days are more memorable, and important, than others. Imagine yourself in ten years looking back on this production. What day from your film’s development, ...
Sundance 2025 features uncharted queer territory and reimagined LGBTQ classics
Star-studded remakes of “The Wedding Banquet” and “Kiss of the Spider Woman” headline a diverse and provocative lineup of ...
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Sundance 2025: 'Jimpa' is a Heartfelt, Resonant Film About Openness
Kicking off the 2025 Sundance Film Festival with a winner already. I adore this film. I really connected with it, even if I'm ...
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‘Jimpa’: Sundance Review
This is Hyde’s fourth film to premiere at Sundance, where its star cast should make Jimpa an attractive prospect for buyers. The script’s articulate encapsulation of the struggles of trans and gay ...
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“It Was an Ambitious Project From the Get-go”: Editor Bryan Mason on Jimpa
Editor Bryan Mason discusses cutting Jimpa, shedding insight on his recurrent collaboration with Hyde, the question he always asks himself before embarking on a project and his background as a skate ...