Sam Mendes' latest film and first original screenplay, "Empire of Light," will premiere in limited release in the United States this week. It's the story of a small movie theater in a coastal town in England in the 1980s. Olivia Colman ("The Crown") stars as Hilary, a troubled woman working at the theater, and Michael Ward ("The Old Guard") is Stephen, a new employee fascinated by the theater and dealing with the racism of the era. They find themselves in an unlikely (according to the...

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