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Six of the best films about poets

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From The Colour of Pomegranates to A Quiet Passion, seek out these fascinating portraits of verse-makers.

A Quiet Passion

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Cynthia Nixon gives an astonishing performance as the tortured American poet Emily Dickinson.

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Cynthia Nixon: ‘It’s a juicy thing for an actor to get to do, a death scene’

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The star of A Quiet Passion reveals how she conveyed her character’s mental and physical pain.

Why Sex and the City is the greatest blockbuster of the 21st century

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This TV spin-off kickstarted a conversation on diversity, while also saying that women could and should have the same rabid consumer rights as men.

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