Search: Directed by Terence Davies

Benediction (2021)

Review preview for Benediction

Running alongside the film's more elegiac sweep is a cut-glass wit.

Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5

Siegfried Sassoon biopic.
The Deep Blue Sea (2011)

Review preview for The Deep Blue Sea

Rachel Weisz makes it her own, delivering a powerful, raw performance that is undoubtedly Oscar material.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5

A married woman faces emotional turmoil after she falls for another man.
Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)

Review preview for Distant Voices, Still Lives

A rich tapestry, which delves into how our reminiscences work.

Amber Wilkinson · 5 out of 5

Memories of a working-class Liverpudlian family during and after the Blitz.
The House Of Mirth (2000)

Review preview for The House Of Mirth

This is a long, slow and supremely well-written film.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5

A New York socialite faces financial ruin after falling victim to the rumour of an affair.
Of Time And The City (2008)

Review preview for Of Time And The City

When Davies says “The world was young and oh, how we laughed,” he sounds like Death waiting to take it all away.

Val Kermode · 3 out of 5

A portrait of 20th Century Liverpool.
A Quiet Passion (2016)

Review preview for A Quiet Passion

Davies looks at questions of the soul, family, war, creativity and how to be true to yourself - all in stunningly beautiful images.

Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5

The story of American poet Emily Dickinson.
Sunset Song (2015)

Review preview for Sunset Song

While the craft remains faultless, the effect becomes like walking through a beautiful gallery, with each painting looking lovely but with little connection to the one before or after.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5

The daughter of a Scottish farmer comes of age in the early 1900s.