Masked Matinees: Empire of Light

The Coolidge is pleased to offer fully masked, reduced capacity matinee shows of first-run films.

We're offering select showtimes of our first-run films sold at 25% capacity, giving the limited audience plenty of room to socially distance. Masks will be mandatory for the entire show, and no concessions will be sold.

From Academy Award®-winning director and writer Sam Mendes, Empire of Light is a moving drama 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 (Micheal 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.