What on What's Good

Empire of Light Neal Street Productions Searchlight Pictures Release date December 9, 2022 Directed by Sam Mendes Written by Sam Mendes Produced by Pippa Harris and Sam Mendes Starring Olivia Colman as Hilary Small Micheal Ward as Stephen Colin Firth as Mr. Ellis Toby Jones as Norman Tom Brooke as Neil Tanya Moodie as Delia Hannah Onslow as Janine Crystal Clarke as Ruby Monica Dolan as Rosemary Bates Sara Stewart as Brenda Ron Cook as Mr. Cooper Justin Edwards as Jim Booth Cinematography Roger Deakins Edited by Lee Smith Music by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross Sam Mendes discusses EMPIRE OF LIGHT  For most people, their most formative period is their teenage years. For me, that was the late ’70s and early ’80s: the music, the movies, the pop culture of that period generally formed who I was. It was a period of great political upheaval in the U.K., with a great deal of very incendiary racial politics – but at the same time, an amazing period for music and for culture ...