Armageddon Time
2022
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Jun 3, 2022 · Advertisement. The elder Sassoon is a bitter man who yells at his son, George ( Richard Goulding) and has a tenuous relationship with his wife Hester Gatty ( Gemma Jones ). George is stunned that his previously non-religious father has decided to join the Catholic Church. “It’s something permanent,” he tells George.
Jun 3, 2022 · Written and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Terence Davies, Benediction explores the turbulent life of WWI poet Siegfried Sassoon (Jack Lowden).
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- Terence Davies
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- Jack Lowden
May 22, 2022 · 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...
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- Mark Kermode
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...
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.
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...
