Empire Magazine Collection - this week on the channel I take a look at one of my favourite magazines. I've built up quite a collection of Empire issues over the years. In this video I look back at some of my favourite memories, covers and free gifts. If you didn't already know Empire is a British film magazine published monthly by Bauer Consumer Media of Hamburg based Bauer Media Group. From the first issue in July 1989, the magazine was edited by Barry McIlheney and published by Emap. Bauer purchased Emap Consumer Media in early 2008. It is the biggest selling film magazine in the United Kingdom and is also published in the United States, Australia, Turkey, Russia, Italy and Portugal. Empire organises the annual Empire Awards which were sponsored by Sony Ericsson, and from 2009 sponsored by Jameson. The awards are voted for by readers of the magazine.

Empire is populist in both approach and coverage. It reviews both mainstream films and art films, but feature articles concentrate on the former.

As well as film news, previews, and reviews, Empire has some other regular features. Each issue (with the exception of issues 108–113) features a Classic Scene, a transcript from a notable film scene. The first such classic scene to be featured was the "I could have been a contender" scene from On the Waterfront. The regular Top 10 feature lists Empire's choice of the top ten examples of something film-related. For example, 10 Best Chase Scenes or 10 Best Movie Gags in The Simpsons.

The Re.View section covers Blu-ray and DVD news and releases. Kim Newman's Movie Dungeon is a regular feature in the Re.View section, in which critic Kim Newman reviews the most obscure releases, mostly low budget horror movies.

How much Is Pint of Milk presents celebrities' answers to silly or unusual questions, including the question "How much is a pint of milk?" This is intended as a guide to the chosen celebrity's contact with reality, and as such can be more informative than a direct interview by reporting some surprising responses.

Each magazine includes a "Spine Quote", in which a relatively challenging quote is printed on the spine of the magazine. There are usually some obvious and obscure links from the quote to the main features of that month's edition. Readers are invited to identify the film source and the links to win a prize.

Celebrity Mastermind is another regular in which a celebrity is given questions about the films they were in or they directed. Celebrities range from Quentin Tarantino and Christopher Lee (who are at the top of the scoreboard) to John Carpenter and Michael Keaton (who are at the bottom of the scoreboard).

Editors

Empire has had ten editors.

Barry McIlheney (issues 1 – 44)
Phil Thomas (issues 45 – 72)
Andrew Collins (issues 73 – 75)
Mark Salisbury (issues 76 – 88)
Ian Nathan (issues 89 – 126)
Emma Cochrane (issues 127 – 161)
Colin Kennedy (162–209)
Mark Dinning (210 – 304)
Morgan Rees (issues 306 - 315)
Terri White (beginning at issue 318)

Guest Editors

Steven Spielberg guest-edited the magazine's 20th Anniversary Issue in June 2009.
Sam Mendes guest-edited the magazine's Spectre special in September 2015.

Empire Readers poll top directors

20: Sam Peckinpah
19: Billy Wilder
18: John Ford
17: Sergio Leone
16: Oliver Stone
15: Francis Ford Coppola
14: James Cameron
13: Coen brothers
12: David Lean
11: Clint Eastwood
10: Woody Allen
9: Orson Welles
8: Quentin Tarantino
7: Peter Jackson
6: Akira Kurosawa
5: Ridley Scott
4: Stanley Kubrick
3: Martin Scorsese
2: Alfred Hitchcock
1: Steven Spielberg

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