Terence Davies

Terence Davies was a British filmmaker widely regarded as one of the great poets of English-language cinema. Known for Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988), The Long Day Closes (1992), The House of Mirth (2000), Of Time and the City (2008), and A Quiet Passion (2016), his work is shot through with Catholic guilt, repressed homosexuality, Liverpool working-class memory, and an exquisite mournful beauty. He was openly gay throughout his filmmaking career and spoke in interviews with great candor about the damage done by growing up Catholic and gay in post-war Liverpool -- an experience that became the primary subject of his greatest films. Davies died peacefully at home after a short illness on October 7, 2023, at age 77.