TIFF 2022 Review: Empire of Light is a Beautiful Love Letter to Cinema

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The Princess of Wales Theatre was the perfect place for the Canadian premiere of Empire of Light at Toronto International Film Festival 2022. Written and directed by Sam Mendes, Empire of Light harkens to the days of seeing a movie in a theater equipped with plush, red-velvet seats, grand lights, and a marquee. Indeed, the film is Mendes' most autobiographical to date, written during, per his anecdote during the film's Q&A after the premiere screening, the COVID-19-related lockdown in 2020 and inspired by his love of movies in his youth and, more significantly, his mother.

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