In the previous few years, amid lockdowns and closures and movie delays and furloughs, filmgoers have rallied round our non secular residence: the cinema. And now that issues are (hopefully) trying a bit extra on-track, who’s able to see a moviemaking nice current a love-letter to vibrant gentle projected onto a display screen at 24 frames per second? No, we’re not speaking about Vin Diesel (“d’films!”), however legendary British filmmaker Sam Mendes – y’know, of Skyfall and American Magnificence fame. His follow-up to 1917, a movie that was very consciously capital-c Cinema, is named Empire Of Gentle, and it’s all set round a picturehouse in Eighties England. Try the primary teaser:

Doesn’t that fill you with the nice and cozy flickering glow of a projector and celluloid? Mendes has assembled a small however glorious forged for this one – centrally, Prime Boy and Blue Story star Micheal Ward and the always-excellent Olivia Colman. They’re joined by the likes of different perennial Brit favourites Colin Firth and Toby Jones. Behind the digicam there’s extra top-tier expertise too – Mendes is as soon as once more working with best-of-the-best cinematographer Roger Deakins (consider how gorgeously he’ll seize all that cinema-light), whereas the rating for this one comes from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. In addition to directing, Mendes can be on writing duties for this one, and produced alongside Pippa Harris.

Empire Of Gentle is because of have its UK debut on the BFI London Movie Pageant on 12 October, and is about to reach nationwide on UK screens from 13 January 2023 – presumably pitching it into awards season territory. Certainly, that is one to see on the massive display screen – catch you within the lobby.