Catch Skyfall and American Beauty director Sam Mendes's moving and highly personal love letter to the power of cinema before its 13 January general release!
“Olivia Colman shines in Sam Mendes’ darkening hymn to cinema” -The Guardian ★★★★
Empire of Light is the new, moving drama from Academy Award-winning director and writer Sam Mendes about the power of human connection during turbulent times. Set in and around a faded old cinema in an English coastal town in the early 1980s, it follows Hilary (Olivia Colman), a cinema manager struggling with her mental health, and Stephen (Michael Ward), a new employee who longs to escape this provincial town in which he faces daily adversity. Both Hilary and Stephen find a sense of belonging through their unlikely and tender relationship and come to experience the healing power of music, cinema, and community.
£100/year gets you: 6 free cinema tickets, 10% off all tickets at Riverside, 10% off our various bars & bakery, free popcorn every cinema visit, no booking fees, AND MUCH MORE
