Photo by: Searchlight Pictures
Academy Award-winning director Sam Mendes’ newest film Empire of Light is centered on a movie theater in an English coastal town in the early 1980s. The film features an incredible cast led by Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward, Tom Brooke, Tanya Moodie, Hannah Onslow, Crystal Clarke, with Toby Jones, and Colin Firth. Director of Photography Roger Deakins reunites with Mendes for their fifth collaboration. Colman recently received a 2023 Golden Globes nomination for Best Performance by An Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama for her role in the film.
Empire of Light Synopsis
EMPIRE OF LIGHT is a moving drama about the power of human connection during turbulent times. Set in and around a faded old cinema in an English coastal town in the early 1980s, it follows Hilary (Olivia Colman) a cinema manager struggling with her mental health, and Stephen (Micheal Ward), a new employee who longsto escape this provincial town in which he faces daily adversity. Both Hilary and Stephen find a sense of belonging through their unlikely and tender relationship and come to experience the healing power of music, cinema, and community.
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We were joined on the Popternative show by Tanya Moodie who plays Delia, Stephen’s mother and an immigrant from Trinidad. In our interview, Tanya talks about the mindset of working on a film that takes place in a past era, working with Sam Mendes, paying homage to the cinema and much more.
Watch the interview below.
Empire of Light is currently playing in theaters.
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