Film Review: Empire of Light is something of a love letter to cinema

That said, the film can feel jarringly simplistic at times on the complex subject of mental health

Olivia Colman as Hilary. Picture: PA Photo/Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures/© 2022 20th Century Studios.

★★★☆☆

Opening in 1980, Empire of Light (15A) stars Olivia Colman as Hilary, who manages a cinema in a small English coastal town and trudges through a life of quiet desperation — living alone in the wake of her latest ‘episode’.