‘Empire of Light’ Never Burns Bright Enough
Empire of Light should burn as brightly as its title implies. It has Sam Mendes as a writer and director, Olivia Colman as a leading lady, and it has a setting that should be a gateway to many a moviegoer’s heart: a once great but now decaying movie palace in a small town on the English coast. It’s even set in 1981 for the benefit of nostalgia.
