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Dec 9, 2022 · Set in an English seaside town in the early 1980s, EMPIRE OF LIGHT is a powerful and poignant story about human connection and the magic of cinema, from Academy Award®-winning director Sam Mendes.
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Empire of Light works best as a love letter to the art of...
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Empire of Light works best as a love letter to the art of filmmaking and the theater experience. Full Review | Original Score: B- | Jul 25, 2023. At its heart, "Empire of Light" doesn't know what ...
Dec 9, 2022 · Empire of Light. "Empire of Light" is a grandiose title for Sam Mendes' intimate new character drama, which starts out a bit dim and unfocused and becomes sharper and more illuminating as it unreels. The story is set in the fall and winter of 1980-81 in the seaside town of Margate, Kent, around a palatial two-screen Art Deco theater that shows ...
Dec 9, 2022 · Empire of Light: Directed by Sam Mendes. With Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward, Colin Firth, Toby Jones. A drama about the power of human connection during turbulent times, set in an English coastal town in the early 1980s.
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- Drama, Romance
- Sam Mendes
- 2022-12-09
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 45% of 242 critics gave the film a positive review, with an average rating of 5.8/10. The site's critics consensus reads: "Empire of Light contains some fine performances and a few flashes of brilliance, but this tribute to the magic of cinema is disappointingly mundane."
Empire of Light: Exclusive Featurette - That Little Beam of Light Is An Escape 3:47 Added: December 6, 2022. Empire of Light: Movie Clip - You Have to Go Out and Get It 0:45 Added: December 2 ...
Dec 8, 2022 · Movies have always been more than a source of comfort: They have the power to disturb, to seduce, to provoke and to enrage. None of that really interests Mendes here, even though the story of ...