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Benediction, from director Terence Davies, examines the life and secret affairs of queer English war poet Siegfried Sassoon

British director Terence Davies’s ninth feature centres on Siegfried Sassoon, a poet and decorated war veteran who suffered from shell shock and struggled to find 'redemption' from his secret queer romances.

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Review: 'Benediction' is a shattering biopic of the English war poet Siegfried Sassoon

"Benediction," Terence Davies' achingly beautiful portrait of the English war poet and soldier Siegfried Sassoon, is a movie of acute sadness and intense pleasure. The pleasure and the sadness are inextricable, which seems fitting, given how closely aesthetic bliss and moral despair were entwined in Sassoon's own art. In furious,…

Los Angeles Times

Benediction review – artful Siegfried Sassoon biopic full of unresolved yearning

The war poet’s life provides rich material for director Terence Davies to explore his preoccupations with sexuality, religion and the search for redemption

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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

Evening Standard

Benediction review: Terence Davies tends to his 20th century tragedies with care

Inspired by the life of Siegfried Sassoon, Terence Davies’s evocative drama is no cradle-to-grave biopic

The Independent UK

Inside the incredible life of English poet who put horrors of WW1 into verse

Siegfried Sassoon remains one of the most influential war poets for his brutally honest depictions of the realities of war which still hold up more than 100 years after he wrote them

Daily Mirror

Slow Horses review: A starry cast excels in the impressive adaptation of Mick Herron’s misfit spy saga

Espionage has never seemed less glamorous - but Apple TV+’s spy thriller is gripping stuff

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Edinburgh actor Jack Lowden has odds slashed in race for James Bond role

Almost 40 years since Sean Connery last portrayed film's most famous spy, capital actor Jack Lowden is among the names in the frame to take on the mantle for the next 007 thriller

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