Review of Empire of Light (2022) by Richard Brody for The New Yorker — 14 Dec 2022
The trouble with Mendes’s film is in the effort to combine the pieces in a way that feels natural, in an artifice that’s devised to be nearly invisible. It’s a synthetic that presents itself as organic.
In the process, the film smothers its authentic parts, never lets its drama take root and grow, never lets its characters come to life.
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This review of Empire of Light (2022) was written by Richard Brody and published by The New Yorker on 14 December 2022.
Empire of Light has generally received positive reviews.
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