Writing
T. S. Eliot
Born September 26, 1888 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Died January 4, 1965 · aged 76
Thomas Stearns Eliot OM (26 September 1888 – 4 January 1965) was a poet, essayist and playwright. He was a leading figure in English-language Modernist poetry where he reinvigorated the art through his use of language, writing style, and verse structure. He is also noted for his critical essays, which often re-evaluated long-held cultural beliefs. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, to a …
Known For
Cats · 2019Cats
★ 4.12019
MovieFantasyComedy
A tribe of cats called the Jellicles must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new Jellicle life.
Cats · 1998Cats
★ 7.21998
MovieFantasyDrama
"Jellicle" cats join for a Jellicle ball where they rejoice with their leader, Old Deuteronomy. One cat will be chosen to go to the "Heavyside Layer" and be reborn.
The Turning · 2013The Turning
★ 5.72013
MovieDrama
Seventeen talented Australian directors from diverse artistic disciplines each create a chapter of the hauntingly beautiful novel by multi award-winning author Tim Winton. The linking and overlapping stories explore the extraordinary turning points in ordinary people’s lives in a stunning portrait of a small coastal community. As characters face second thoughts and regret, relationships irretrievably alter, resolves are made or broken, and lives change direction forever.
Ashes · 1975Ashes
★ 8.01975
MovieDramaDocumentary
Conversations with four people — an artist, a woman struggling with her identity as a high achiever, an actor, and a priest — exploring their inner worlds, their self-image and how they feel they fit into society. Are all of them acting, or only Sam Neill? The film features readings from Ash Wednesday, the poem written by TS Eliot after converting to anglicanism.
Four Quartets · 2022Four Quartets
★ 6.02022
MovieDrama
Four interwoven meditations on the nature of time, memory, experience and the quest for spiritual enlightenment.
Till Human Voices Wake Us · 2015Till Human Voices Wake Us
★ 1.52015
MovieScience FictionAdventure
Inspired by the Celtic myths of the Selkies - seals in water and enchanting maidens on land - who storm Manhattan when one of their kind falls for a man drowning under the Brooklyn Bridge.
Murder in the Cathedral · 1951Murder in the Cathedral
★ 6.51951
MovieDramaHistory
Murder in the Cathedral is a story about Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, and his struggles against temptation and personal vanity prior to his murder in the great Cathedral.
The Elder Statesman · 1962The Elder Statesman
★ 9.01962
MovieDrama
Lord Claverton, an eminent former cabinet minister and banker, is helped to confront his past by the love of his daughter, his Antigone.
