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 ·
Los Angeles Times
