Director Sam Mendes had one of the quickest rises to prominence of any modern filmmaker.
Winning the Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Director, as Mendes did for American Beauty in 2000, is a pretty seismic achievement for a debut filmmaker.
Mendes’ films continue to show incredible versatility.
His newest movie, Empire of Light, celebrates movie theaters with a story about a historic movie house off of the South Coast of England in the 1980s.
It is the second film Sam Mendes wrote himself (he shares a writing credit on1917 with Krysty Wilson-Cairns), and serves as his celebration of the medium.
Rich with cinematic references, Empire of Light may hit a nostalgic note with moviegoers who grew up in the 1980s.
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