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Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World
Directed by Sasha Waters
From a lonely childhood to literary fame, her life was shaped by devotion to nature, paying attention, and the long journey toward learning to love and to be loved. If poetry had a pop icon, Mary Oliver would be it. From TMDB
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Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World is a 2026 documentary film, directed by Sasha Waters, starring Mary Oliver, Helena Bonham Carter and Steve Buscemi.
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On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 94% of 33 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 8/10. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 82 out of 100, based on seven critics, indicating "universal acclaim". Alissa Wilkinson of The New York Times wrote that the film "works best as criticism, making space for audiences to have their own experiences with her poems." Matt Zoller Seitz of RogerEbert.com gave the film four out of four stars and wrote, "This is a gentle, attentive and moving work of art about an artist."
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60 of 71 · most liked first🧵 "Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World" is a wonderful movie telling the story of the woman who became many people's favorite poet. “If you love something, you give it a lot of attention, and if you give something a lot of attention, you very often learn to love it,” ...
positive · AI labelView post →Happy #LetterboxdFriday! My #LastFourWatched A classic Jan Svankmajer stop motion animation short A Bava-esque ghost story wuxia by Chor Yuen A surreal Japanese short film about a schoolgirl who is both dead and not dead A doc on poet Mary Oliver that devotes too much time to celebrity fans
negative · AI labelView post →I'm a huge fan of Mary Oliver (aren't you?) and also Sasha Waters, who directed this doc - Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World. Highly recommend the film, playing now at @ifccenter.bsky.social. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/03/m...
positive · AI labelView post →“To be wild and perfect for a moment” —Mary Oliver One of my favorite white oaks medium format. #film #mediumformat #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #nature
neutral · AI labelView post →Ps: the director, Sasha Waters is not related to John Waters (yes, that John Waters) who happened to be a neighbor and close friend of Mary Oliver and her partner of 50 years, Molly Malone Cook. John Waters plays a prominent role in the film, which also features appearances by poets like ...
neutral · AI labelView post →In this week’s Directed By Women Viewing Guide: a new erotic thriller, a documentary about poet Mary Oliver, a summer camp comedy, films by Lucrecia Martel and Sophy Romvari, selections from previous editions of the BlackStar Film Festival, the films of Jocelyn Saab, and Contemporary Arab Cinema.
neutral · AI labelView post →MARY OLIVER: SAVED BY THE BEAUTY OF THE WORLD (2026) Streaming: July 28, 2026 VOD/Digital (Apple, Amazon, Fandango at Home, etc.) Streaming: August 25, 2026 - 9p ET PBS (Website, App) #MaryOliverSavedByTheBeautyOfTheWorld whentostream.com/acclaimed-do...
neutral · AI labelView post →go give my buddy poet @nberlat.bsky.social some cash for his writing on film, politics, music and much more or snag one of his many chapbooks and collections. you too can be ambivalent about Mary Oliver and entranced by cinquains.
neutral · AI labelView post →Seeing the Mary Oliver film in the smol theatre 😌
positive · AI labelView post →I had some thoughts on the new Mary Oliver documentary, poets who dare to be popular and other matters. You do not have to be good, but this movie should have been better. (Thanks to Maya C. Popa for some insights that helped with this.)
negative · AI labelView post →Hey writers, my new post is up on Substack, all about #poetry, the new Mary Oliver film, and savouring every moment. michbarker.substack.com/p/pay-attent... #WritingCommunity #amwriting
neutral · AI labelView post →More than anything, I'm delighted that the headline for my inevitable review of the Mary Oliver documentary pretty much writes itself. "It did not have to be good," "What will you do with this one wild and precious doc," etc.
negative · AI labelView post →#luinellë #Tolkien Top 10 Favorites: 1) Elf-Maglor 2) Human-Faramir 3) Dwarf-Gimli 4) Hobbit-Pippin 5) Vala-Manwë 6) Maia-Uinen 7) Tolkien book-FotR 8) Intro to Tolkien-mom gave me her old copies of the books 9) Non-Tolkien book-House of Light-Mary Oliver 10) Movie(non-Tolkien)-Dr. Strangelove
neutral · AI labelView post →Our parish movie discussion night picks for the rest of the year: August: Jesus of Montreal (1989) September: Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World (2026) October: The Elephant Man (1980) November: Babette's Feast (1987) December: The Book of Life (1998)
neutral · AI labelView post →A Mary Oliver documentary?! FINALLY A MOVIE FOR ME
positive · AI labelView post →The Testament of Ann Lee is the first time I've walked out of a movie. I respect the filmmakers for doing something weird and different but I also found it unbearable. As that one Tumblr post about Mary Oliver says, that's fine but do not show it to me again.
neutral · AI labelView post →Okay, okay, I’m taking full advantage of Rochester having one of the few theaters in the country with 70mm IMAX to watch a movie about an old poem. Please do Mary Oliver next.
neutral · AI labelView post →Last night, after a long walk along the beach and beside marshes, I came back to the camper and watched the Mary Oliver documentary. What a gorgeous film; she touched so many lives. Highly recommend (here's the free link): www.pbs.org/wnet/america...
positive · AI labelView post →Provincetown film weekend: last night the Mary Oliver doc and today Tony.
neutral · AI labelView post →MARY OLIVER: SAVED BY THE BEAUTY OF THE WORLD is in theaters now from @kinolorber.com w/ an AMERICAN MASTERS broadcast on PBS later this summer. kinolorber.com/film/mary-ol... #poetry #maryoliver
neutral · AI labelView post →I reviewed the new Mary Oliver doc! exclaim.ca/film/article...
neutral · AI labelView post →“A documentary about a great poet that feels like a great poem.” –Boston Globe film critic Odie Henderson 🌷🌿🌊 Sasha Waters’s MARY OLIVER: SAVED BY THE BEAUTY OF THE WORLD continues screening at the Coolidge this week!
neutral · AI labelView post →Oh hey the Mary Oliver documentary is playing near me and I just got a free movie ticket as a thank you for donating blood! Maybe I will go see that 🤔
neutral · AI labelView post →When they make a film version of Wild Geese by Mary Oliver, THEN AND ONLY THEN will you get me into the cinema
neutral · AI labelView post →Saw the new documentary on poet Mary Oliver at the Santa Barbara Film Festival’s new downtown film center. Whether she floats your poetical boat or not, it was an incisive view of the challenges of being a writer and a real live human. Great visuals and John Waters steals the show (as usual).
positive · AI labelView post →The film “Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World” works best when it illuminates her work, whose fans include Stephen Colbert and Oprah Winfrey. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/03/m...
neutral · AI labelView post →"A Poet for Everyone, Even Those Who Don’t Read Poetry---The film “Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World” works best when it illuminates her work" www.nytimes.com/2026/07/03/m...
neutral · AI labelView post →The queer-friendly 2026 #provincetownfilmfestival featured fine documentaries on lesbian icons Mary Oliver and Billie Jean KIng. Here's Gerald Peary's approving take on the P-Town Fest. artsfuse.org/330528/film-...
neutral · AI labelView post →That feeling of "oh THAT'S where that's from?" when you finally watch a movie/show that you've seen referenced without context a million times. But for me it's Mary Oliver poems
neutral · AI labelView post →“People who dont know anything about poetry, and who dont need to know, when they're in a state of being torn open by life, and they need someone to speak to that state of the soul, it's Mary Oliver -it's a Mary Oliver poem that people find themselves held by” —Ariana Reins, poet in this film:
neutral · AI labelView post →Great ink by @maddwolfcolumbus.bsky.social in @colsunderground.bsky.social about this Friday's screening at the Wex of MARY OLIVER: SAVED BY THE BEAUTY OF THE WORLD with director Sasha Waters in the house! More info in the comments. #maryoliver columbusunderground.com/filmmaker-br...
neutral · AI labelView post →Documentary film about poet Mary Oliver, set to premiere Tuesday, Aug. 25 at 9 p.m. on PBS. #women #feminist #poetry #maryoliver www.mybuckhannon.com/wesleyan-pro...
neutral · AI labelView post →Thursday August 20! 4:15pm -Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World- 5 Stars! (AARP Movies for Grownups) 4/4 Stars! (Fort Worth Report) 6:30pm -The Invite- 4/4 Stars! “the funniest movie of the year” (New York Post) 9:00pm -Obsession- 5 Stars! “one of the year’s best movies” (Digital Spy)
neutral · AI labelView post →“A lifetime isn't long enough for the beauty of this world and the responsibilities of your life. Scatter your flowers over the graves, and walk away. Be good-natured and untidy in your exuberance.” Yes, the Mary Oliver movie is worth seeing.
positive · AI labelView post →We went to the Amherst Cinema today and saw the Mary Oliver documentary. It was fantastic. We loved it. The theater was almost full, so we had to sit in the very front row, but once the picture started, I didn't notice. I was totally engrossed for the whole film. youtu.be/uHNKK5RuTTs?...
positive · AI labelView post →Super Secret Members Screening during the Milwaukee Film Festival was... Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World. Will air on PBS on August 25, 2026!
neutral · AI labelView post →Spell a film you love with the first letters of other films you love… D.A.R.Y.L Elf All the Presidents Men Donnie Darko Project Hail Mary Oliver! E.T The Untouchables Star Wars: A New Hope Spirited Away Office Space Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Interstellar Enter the Dragon The Princess Bride Yes Man
neutral · AI labelView post →Jessica Tandy was unforgettable as the teacher Sully knew as what Mr. Rogers might've meant as one who is a helper. She seemed to use a line on Sully from a Mary Oliver poem when she hailed him in the film, asking what he was to do with this one precious day in his life.
neutral · AI labelView post →Congrats Sir! Was just citing your Mary Oliver movie review this morning.
neutral · AI labelView post →So much is so wonderful about this Mary Oliver movie. But in addition to it being lovely, it's fabulous. Real insight about Molly and Mary and what Provincetown might have been like with them in it. Some delicious gossip from John Waters, too. Highly recommend.
positive · AI labelView post →The Mary Oliver documentary is lovely. It is very strange to watch a movie in a theater and go “Oh, I know that poet. I met them at AWP.” “Ah, yes. We’ve exchanged emails.” “Oh look! It’s John Waters, Stephen Colbert, Oprah, and Helena Bonham Carter.”
positive · AI labelView post →Was reading an article about the movie "Mary Oliver: Saved By The Beauty Of The World", and found this poem shortly thereafter. I like to imagine this might be the poem someone would write after reading yours first.
neutral · AI labelView post →Friday August 14! 4:15pm -The Invite- 3rd Week! 4/4 Stars! “the funniest movie of the year” (New York Post) 6:45pm -Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World- Ottawa Premiere! 4/4 Stars! @ebertvoices.bsky.social 9:00pm -I Want Your Sex- 4/4 Stars! "hilarious" (San Francisco Chronicle)
neutral · AI labelView post →Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World – Ottawa Premiere screenings on August 14, 16, 18, 20! 4/4 Stars! “This is a gentle, attentive & moving work of art about an artist…also a much needed record of significant contemporary poets” @ebertvoices.bsky.social mayfairtheatre.ca/movie/mary-o...
neutral · AI labelView post →I wish Mary Oliver was around so I could tell her that what I’m doing with my one wild and precious life is watching every lesbian movie made before 1995.
neutral · AI labelView post →Binging “The Boys” on Amazon. Best take on the Superhero genre. So beautifully written/acted. Seas4 Ep4 has Karl Urban/Billy Butcher landing the most perfect punch on film. A microsecond, but pure poetry … if they shot Mary Oliver full of testosterone and mindless rage.
neutral · AI labelView post →"Was I right, was I wrong, will I be forgiven, can I do better?" Caitríona Ennis reads Mary Oliver's "I Worried" in a 2024 film created with @bloomsdayfilmfest.bsky.social. See new films from this year's collaborative series with BFF starting next week! www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/i-worr...
neutral · AI labelView post →A Major Jackson doc but the apparition of Mary Oliver is in it floating in the background shots. The film eventually becomes Major Jackson moving out of his house and that ordeal.
neutral · AI labelView post →I would also watch a Mary Oliver documentary where John Waters accidently thinks the film is about Mary Poppins but they just keep all of the content in anyway.
neutral · AI labelView post →On Deck at Hot Docs Cinema - Bowie concert film ZIGGY STARDUST, David Byrne's TRUE STORIES, CATVIDEOFEST 2026 returns, Mike Leigh's SECRETS & LIES, poet doc MARY OLIVER: SAVED BY THE BEAUTY OF THE WORLD. #toRep
neutral · AI labelView post →The (movie) Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World 1080p (iTunes)(US) $9.99 (Documentary) (iMDB) - Cast: Helena Bonham Carter, Stephen Colbert, Steve Buscemi, Oprah Winfrey, John Waters, Maria Shriver»
neutral · AI labelView post →Tues Aug 25! 3:45pm -Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World- Ottawa Premiere! 5 Stars! (AARP Movies for Grownups) 4/4 Stars! (Fort Worth Report) 6:30pm -Looking For...- Ottawa Premiere short film, director in attendance! 9:15pm -Restless in the Dust- World Premiere, director in attendance!
neutral · AI labelView post →Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World - Ottawa Premiere, Held Over for a 2nd Week – Screening on August 21, 22, 25, 27! 4/4 Stars! “inspiring documentary expands on the legacy of the legendary American poet” (Fort Worth Report) mayfairtheatre.ca/movie/mary-o...
neutral · AI labelView post →Tuesday August 18! 4:15pm -Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World- Ottawa Premiere! 5 Stars! (AARP Movies for Grownups) 6:30pm -The Invite- 4/4 Stars! “the funniest movie of the year” (New York Post) 9:00pm -Obsession- 5 Stars! “one of the year’s best movies” (Digital Spy)
neutral · AI labelView post →Hey there - thanks for sharing. Our PBS is showing the Mary Oliver movie toward the end of the month - hope yours too.
neutral · AI labelView post →An episode of a poetry podcast made me upset, so I wrote a lot of words. "on difficult poetry (oliver, gilbert, ashbery)" https://nearerandfarther.com/posts/2026/08/on-difficult-poetry-oliver-gilbert-ashbery/ #Poetry #MaryOliver #JackGilbert #JohnAshbery
neutral · AI labelView post →Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World (2026) (Sasha Waters) 3/5. The way the interviews were filmed did bug me a lot in this, felt very sterile and too indoors especially situated next to the subject. There were also some iffy editing choices, but it was a nice film.
neutral · AI labelView post →Thin week for new releases as everything gets out of the way of Christopher Nolan, but this week for @cityweekly.bsky.social: THE ODYSSEY; MARY OLIVER: SAVED BY THE BEAUTY OF THE WORLD. www.cityweekly.net/film/film-re...
neutral · AI labelView post →Cindy Rizzo's Incredibly Useful Newsletter - Issue 67 cindyrizzo.curated.co/issues/67 NEW ISSUE IS LIVE! SUBSCRIBE AT LINK! Mary Oliver...Lots of film updates...Lesbian Aunts...Lesbian Bratz Dolls...Roxane Gay's Next Chapter
neutral · AI labelView post →'This is a gentle, attentive & moving work of art about an artist. Mark Doty, Ada Limón, Donika Kelly, Major Jackson, Nick Flynn, David Keplinger & Gabrielle Calvocoressi all appear & read Mary Oliver’s work, analyse its style & themes and...why they treasure her.' www.rogerebert.com/reviews/mary...
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