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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 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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May 20, 2022 · This compellingly bitter film is the summit of Davies’s late style, following two valiant projects – the Scottish pastoral Sunset Song (2015) and his Emily Dickinson portrait A Quiet Passion ...
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.
May 20, 2022 · Benediction movie review: Jack Lowden shines in Terence Davies’ unflattering light as Siegfried Sassoon. Terence Davies’ mercurial portrait of the WWI poet is, at times, ferociously good....
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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.
