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. ‘Empire Of Light’ features a stellar cast led by Academy Award winner Olivia Colman, BAFTA winner Micheal Ward, Tom Brooke, Tanya Moodie, Hannah Onslow, Crystal Clarke, with Toby Jones, and Academy Award winner Colin Firth.
A boy learns to make movies against a backdrop of domestic upheaval in Steven Spielberg’s most personal film, a post-World War II memoir starring Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, and Seth Rogen. The film spans shifting backdrops starting with 7-year-old Sammy Fabelman’s first trip to the cinema to see The Greatest Show on Earth and ending with his dramatic encounter with a filmmaking hero (David Lynch in a cameo) aged 18. In between, he grows to see the painful truth behind his parents’ marriage with a gaze enhanced by his camera’s roving lens.
A new A-24 produced drama about an obese man (Brendan Fraser) who attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter. Known for psychological dramas (Black Swan, Requiem For A Dream) and biblical epics (Noah, mother!), this is Aronofsky’s most straightforwardly humane film yet, adapted from a play by Samuel D. Hunter.
