EMPIRE OF THE MOON wryly deconstructs the experience of being a tourist. Paris, gorgeously photographed in black-and-white, is the setting for cultural explorations ranging from the mundane to the sublime, as visitors trek from icon to icon, snapping the same photos, climbing the same steps and at times experiencing the transformative wonder they came to find.

In the Realms of the Unreal
2004
7.2/10

Cameraperson
2016
6.7/10

Maidentrip
2014
7.1/10

Heart of a Dog
2015
6.5/10

McQueen
2018
7.4/10

Tricked: The Documentary
2013
6.1/10

Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
2022
6.8/10

28 Up
1985
7.5/10

She's Beautiful When She's Angry
2014
7.4/10

Audrey
2020
7.1/10

180° South
2010
7.2/10

Elstree 1976
2015
6.2/10

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye
2022
7.2/10

IMAX Hubble
2010
7.1/10

Katy Perry: Part of Me
2012
7.1/10

Directed by John Ford
1971
7.0/10

Capital in the Twenty-First Century
2019
6.5/10

Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
2016
7.4/10

To Kill a Tiger
2023
7.6/10

My Mom Jayne
2025
8.0/10
Still Life
2013
5/10