Scott Simon talks with director Terence Davies about the new film "Benediction." It's on the life of English poet Siegfried Sassoon, one of the leading poets of World War I. Lt. Siegfried Sassoon was ...

The World War I poet Siegfried Sassoon led a life of sharply angled turns. Despite his Wagnerian name, Sassoon was the quintessential English playboy (fox-hunting, cricket) who, like many others of ...

Terence Davies has created a brilliant, beautifully written film of the life of Siegfried Sassoon, the passionate British writer and activist who never found love or satisfaction. Beautifully designed ...

(JTA) – “Benediction,” a new biopic of the British anti-war poet Siegfried Sassoon, opens with a Sassoon poem called “Concert Interpretation.” In it, the author describes a British audience’s ...

Terence Davies’s latest film is a biography of Siegfried Sassoon, whose writing about World War I changed British literature. By A.O. Scott When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed ...

Scott Simon talks with director Terence Davies about the new film "Benediction." It's on the life of English poet Siegfried Sassoon, one of the... 'Benediction' illustrates the impact of WWI on ...

Lt. Siegfried Sassoon was a model British officer decorated for his daring and valor in the trenches of World War I, hailed by the soldiers he commanded as Mad Jack for his audacious nighttime raids.