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A Quiet Passion

October 2023

  • Start of the affair … Tom Hiddleston as an RAF pilot and Rachel Weisz as a judge’s wife in The Deep Blue Sea.

    ‘He changed my life’: Tom Hiddleston, Rachel Weisz and more on Terence Davies

    Terence Davies, who died last Saturday, was a visionary British director, who brought passion and eccentricity to every film. Actors including Jennifer Ehle, Peter Capaldi, Simon Russell Beale and Peter Mullan recall his unique style and sensitivity

May 2022

  • Davies before the fireplace, with his portrait visible in the background

    ‘I wish I was very good-looking and very stupid’: Terence Davies on sex, death and Benediction

    As his Siegfried Sassoon biopic is released, the director opens up about his ill-fated straight romance, being snubbed by Bafta and how it felt to sleep in the bed where his father died

December 2017

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    Top US films 2017
    The 50 top films of 2017 in the US: the full list

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    Top UK films 2017
    The 50 top films of 2017 in the UK: the full list

April 2017

  • 2016, THE HANDMAIDEN<br>KIM TAE-RI & MIN-HEE KIM Character(s): Sook-Hee, Lady Hideko Film 'THE HANDMAIDEN' (2016) Directed By CHAN-WOOK PARK 14 May 2016 SAR69249 Allstar/AMAZON STUDIOS **WARNING** This Photograph is for editorial use only and is the copyright of AMAZON STUDIOS and/or the Photographer assigned by the Film or Production Company & can only be reproduced by publications in conjunction with the promotion of the above Film. A Mandatory Credit To AMAZON STUDIOS is required. The Photographer should also be credited when known. No commercial use can be granted without written authority from the Film Company.

    Five of the best… new films
    The Handmaiden and A Quiet Passion: the best films out now in the UK

    Sarah Water’s Fingersmith is transported to 1930s Korea with aplomb, while Cynthia Nixon excels as Emily Dickson
  • Cynthia Nixon and Jennifer Ehle in Terence Davies’s A Quiet Passion.

    A Quiet Passion review – profound, painful Emily Dickinson biopic

    Terence Davies’s film follows the American poet’s descent from wisecracking repartee to isolated creative rigour

    • The Q&A
      Cynthia Nixon: ‘I feel wiser and calmer than I’ve ever been’

    • Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
      A Quiet Passion review – Cynthia Nixon gives Emily Dickinson the soul of a poet

    • Point of view
      A Quiet Passion won’t solve the mystery of Emily Dickinson – but does the truth matter?

February 2017

  • A Quiet Passion

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    A Quiet Passion trailer: Cynthia Nixon in Terence Davies' biopic of poet Emily Dickinson

    Sex and the City star Cynthia Nixon plays the great 19th century American poet Emily Dickinson in the new film from British director Terence Davies, of Sunset Song and House of Mirth renown
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