Terrence Davies Archives

The queer Brit Auteur Terrence Davies who excelled in personal film-making, and who treated cinema as artistry has Died

queerguruOctober 11, 2023queermatter2023, autuer, brit, Distant Voices Still Live, obituary, queer, Terrence Davies, The Terrence Davies Trilogy

The gay British auteur Terrence Davies who always reached back into the past for the ideas of his films, has just died aged 77 His output was not prolific but it contained some of the very best quintessentially British cinema in the past 50 years. Davies’s breakthrough in 1973 was ‘The Terrence Davies Trilogy.‘ … Continue reading

Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden reviews Terence Davies’ queer WW1 drama Benediction at London Film Festival

queerguruOctober 14, 2021queertiques2021, Andrew Hebden, BFI London, drama, Terrence Davies, ww1

For many British people, the poetic works of Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen were the only rebukes to British nationalism that they were ever taught in school. Sasson recounted not just the wounds of the Great War but also spoke with contempt of the incompetence of the generals, the jingoism of politicians, and the … Continue reading

The queer Brit Auteur Terrence Davies who excelled in personal film-making, and who treated cinema as artistry has Died

Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden reviews Terence Davies’ queer WW1 drama Benediction at London Film Festival

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