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Jun 3, 2022 · Reviews. Benediction. Drama. 137 minutes ‧ PG-13 ‧ 2022. Odie Henderson. June 3, 2022. 5 min read. “Benediction” bears the distinctive stamp of its writer/director, Terence Davies, a man whose films feel more like poetic meditations on moods, emotions, and events than straightforward narratives.
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Sep 13, 2021 · Six years after taking a contemplative approach to the life of Emily Dickinson in A Quiet Passion, Terence Davies undertakes a thoughtful study of another poet, Siegfried Sassoon, in Benediction...
Sep 19, 2021 · ‘Benediction’ Review: Terence Davies Finds Room for Himself in a Heartbreaking Siegfried Sassoon Biopic. Not every temporal shift lands in this ambitiously conceived study of the gay British...
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Jun 2, 2022 · ‘Benediction’ Review: A Poet’s Life, in Love and War. Terence Davies’s latest film is a biography of Siegfried Sassoon, whose writing about World War I changed British literature. Share full...
Mar 8, 2022 · The poet first finds a kindred spirit in Dr Rivers (Ben Daniels, the standout of the film's many excellent supporting players), who reveals in a roundabout way that he, like Sassoon, is gay, and later encounters and falls in love with the young Wilfred Owen (Matthew Tennyson).
Jun 2, 2022 · “Benediction,” Terence Davies’ achingly beautiful portrait of the English war poet and soldier Siegfried Sassoon, is a movie of acute sadness and intense pleasure.
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May 31, 2022 · Richard Brody on Terence Davies’s masterly film “Benediction,” which centers on the life of the poet Siegfried Sassoon and his experiences during and after the First World War.
