Seitz, Matt Zoller. "Empire of Light movie review & film summary (2022)". RogerEbert.com . Retrieved 23 January 2023. Sam Mendes’ Oscar-nominated drama Empire of Light is releasing for home viewing on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital. The film first releases in digital formats including SD (480p), HD (1080p), and 4k UHD (2160p) on Feb. 7, 2023. ( Read Review) Empire of Light will then release two weeks later in disc formats including 1080p Blu-ray and DVD on Feb. 21, 2023. The single-disc Blu-ray edition from 20th Century Studios includes a Digital Copy.

If you need another movie to add to your DVD collection, look no further than Empire of Light. It heads to DVD and Blu-ray this month. Also, Colin Firth is woefully miscast as the cinema manager; not because he's bad in the movie, he's great in the movie. But because he has such limited screen time and has such a thankless, undemanding roll. It's far beneath an actor of his calibre and experience. He's tragically under-utilised. For British filmmaker Sam Mendes, the Oscar-winning director of American Beauty, Skyfall and, more recently, the WWI drama 1917, the movies still matter – as an art form that can generate empathy, inspire emotion, and maybe even transcend a reality that's confusing and sometimes hostile.Lang, Brent; Moreau, Jordan (10 January 2023). " 'The Fabelmans', 'The Banshees of Inisherin' Win Big at Revamped Golden Globes (Complete Winners List)". Variety . Retrieved 11 January 2023.

Empire of Light premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on 3 September 2022. [15] It received a limited theatrical release by Searchlight Pictures in the United States on 9 December 2022 and was released theatrically in the United Kingdom on 9 January 2023. [16] [17] Jones, Ian (13 March 2023). "UK has modest success at 2023 Oscars with four wins". The Independent . Retrieved 13 March 2023. Empire Of Light” is being overseen by Searchlight Pictures’ Head of Film Production and Development, Katie Goodson-Thomas; Director of Development and Production, Pete Spencer; and Creative Executive, Cornelia Burleigh. Pippa Harris and Mendes will produce it under their Neal Street Productions banner. Also joining the project is production designer Mark Tildesley ( No Time To Die), costume designer Alexandra Byrne ( Dr Strange, Guardians Of The Galaxy), and co-producer Celia Duval ( Belfast).Panaligan, EJ; Earl, William (15 January 2023). "Critics' Choice Awards 2023 Full Winners List: 'Everything Everywhere All at Once', 'Abbott Elementary' and 'Better Call Saul' Take Top Honors". Variety . Retrieved 15 January 2023. Empire of Light is a sweet, heartfelt, humane movie, which doesn’t shy away from the brutality and the racism that was happening in the streets outside the cinema: the Empire is showing Stir Crazy starring Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder, directed by Sidney Poitier – a message of diversity, if 1981 Britain cared to listen. It’s clearly a labour of love for Sam Mendes: love requited. Creating Empire of Light – Go behind the scenes of this personal film with writer-director Sam Mendes, and uncover the story’s origins and the director’s love of cinema. See how the perfect location was found to rebuild a classic movie theater that had the cast in awe. On Blu-ray, the film is presented in 1080p at 2.39:1 aspect ratio with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 channels. Subtitles are provided in English SDH, French, and Spanish. In Digital 4k UHD, the film is presented in 2160p with Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos audio.