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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.
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.
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...
Jun 2, 2022 · Their experience in the trenches of World War I inspired verse that changed the diction and direction of English literature, and Davies powerfully begins the film with archival images of slaughter...
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...
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Jun 2, 2022 · Jack Lowden illuminates Sassoon's struggles with his sexuality, his art and his destiny in this moving, intensely personal drama from Terence Davies ('The House of Mirth,' 'A Quiet Passion').
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Mar 8, 2022 · Reviewed by: Amber Wilkinson. "Running alongside the film's more elegiac sweep is a cut-glass wit." | Photo: Courtesy of Glasgow Film Festival. Tweet. Terence Davies' filmmaking has always had a lyrical sweep so this biopic of Siegfried Sassoon fits him like pen in hand, ringing with poetic rhythm that forges connections beyond the everyday.
