Those who follow the genre's roots are well aware of the ties Arabic lands have with the concepts of possession and exorcism genres, even if the pieces haven't been made obvious. With the fateful openings of William Friedkin's “The Exorcist” finding itself involving the unearthing of the cursed statue on Iraqi soil and Scott Derrickson's “Deliver Us from Evil” bringing itself up in the same area, the Middle East has been used as the spawning ground for eternal evil striking in the modern day, even if both films took the action back to the States. With “Three,” the first feature-length film from the first female director from the United Arab Emirates in Nayla Al Khaja, the genre heads to this fertile ground and stays there for its duration lending a distinct touch to this well-worn path.
Three review is part of the Submit Your Film Initiative
After a series of bizarre incidents,...
Three review is part of the Submit Your Film Initiative
After a series of bizarre incidents,...
- 1/26/2024
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
Fans have discovered an annoying Ms. Marvel-related mistake in The Marvels.
When Iman Vellani's character was first introduced in her Disney+ series, Marvel Studios made a handful of changes from her Marvel Comics counterpart. She was no longer Inhuman (instead being called a Djinn) and her entire power set was retooled, now being light-based instead of her classic polymorphing abilities.
In the show’s Season 1 finale, the story even directly teased that Kamala Khan was actually a mutant all along, which is another big shift away from her original incarnation.
Read full article on The Direct.
When Iman Vellani's character was first introduced in her Disney+ series, Marvel Studios made a handful of changes from her Marvel Comics counterpart. She was no longer Inhuman (instead being called a Djinn) and her entire power set was retooled, now being light-based instead of her classic polymorphing abilities.
In the show’s Season 1 finale, the story even directly teased that Kamala Khan was actually a mutant all along, which is another big shift away from her original incarnation.
Read full article on The Direct.
- 1/26/2024
- by Russ Milheim
- The Direct
Line-up for the 25th edition of the market includes 16 completed features, 15 Wip, 17 films in development.
Films by Sweat director Magnus von Horn and Margrete: Queen of the North filmmaker Charlotte Sieling will be presented at the 25th Nordic Film Market (January 31-February 2), the film marketplace of Goteborg Film Festival.
The projects are among the 15 Nordic films in post-production being showcased in the Works in Progress strand.
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Swedish director von Horn attends with The Girl With The Needle, a horror story set in 1910s Denmark, starring Trine Dyrholm and produced by Creative Alliance’s Malene Blenkov.
Films by Sweat director Magnus von Horn and Margrete: Queen of the North filmmaker Charlotte Sieling will be presented at the 25th Nordic Film Market (January 31-February 2), the film marketplace of Goteborg Film Festival.
The projects are among the 15 Nordic films in post-production being showcased in the Works in Progress strand.
Scroll down for the full Market selection
Swedish director von Horn attends with The Girl With The Needle, a horror story set in 1910s Denmark, starring Trine Dyrholm and produced by Creative Alliance’s Malene Blenkov.
- 1/16/2024
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Putting a twist on the 1,001 Nights story, the Bucchigiri?! anime comes out of the gate swinging hard and throwing down punches. Ahead of its full release tomorrow, the first three episodes premiered at Toho Cinema Roppongi in December featuring the latest anime from acclaimed director Hiroko Utsumi at studio Mappa, giving us a taste of the gang-filled antics. The story features Arajin, who transfers into the roughest school in Hama Bay filled with delinquents and gangs. While his day starts chatting with the most seemingly normal girl in the class, it ends with him learning that his childhood friend is one of the toughest guys in the school. That is until Arajin is running from another of the three gangs and is saved by a magical Djinn who just adores fighting. With the power of a Djinn who just loves punching by Arajin's very reductive side, the transfer student...
- 1/12/2024
- by Daryl Harding
- Crunchyroll
Genies, at least in pop culture, have long been comic foils. Way back in 1940, in “The Thief of Bagdad,” Rex Ingram played Djinn, the movie’s larger-than-life genie — 100 feet tall in his ponytail and red diaper — as a sly, laughing soul man of lighthearted effrontery. The surrealist ’60s sitcom “I Dream of Jeannie” featured Barbara Eden, in diaphanous harem silks, as a magical servant/housewife, blinking her eyes to teleport her clueless “master” out of trouble. And Robin Williams’ vocal performance as the Genie in “Aladdin” may have come closer than any of his other film performances to channeling Williams the free-associational joke geyser.
So in “Genie,” when Melissa McCarthy pops out of a jewel box and reveals herself to be an ancient granter of wishes named Flora, it’s hardly a surprise that 1) the character is a complete lark, and 2) the whole joke is that Flora, though she hasn...
So in “Genie,” when Melissa McCarthy pops out of a jewel box and reveals herself to be an ancient granter of wishes named Flora, it’s hardly a surprise that 1) the character is a complete lark, and 2) the whole joke is that Flora, though she hasn...
- 11/22/2023
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Nearly every culture in the world has contributed to the horror genre at one point or another, but it’s pretty clear that Hollywood is still the de facto capital of genre filmmaking. That’s why it makes sense that most popular horror tropes and monsters are based on traditional western mythology and religions, as these films are usually made by – and meant to appeal to – a certain demographic.
However, dealing with the same old ghouls and possessions can get old after a hundred and thirty years of cinema, and that’s why we’re lucky that some filmmakers decide to incorporate elements from lesser-known cultures into their scary stories. Whether it’s a foreign film daring to apply the “Hollywood” treatment to a local monster or a north American production taking inspiration from international legends (like Bishal Dutta’s recent It Lives Inside), some of the best horror experiences...
However, dealing with the same old ghouls and possessions can get old after a hundred and thirty years of cinema, and that’s why we’re lucky that some filmmakers decide to incorporate elements from lesser-known cultures into their scary stories. Whether it’s a foreign film daring to apply the “Hollywood” treatment to a local monster or a north American production taking inspiration from international legends (like Bishal Dutta’s recent It Lives Inside), some of the best horror experiences...
- 11/17/2023
- by Luiz H. C.
- bloody-disgusting.com
Warning: Major Spoilers Ahead For “The Marvels”
“The Marvels” has arrived and yes, it brings a certain team fans have been clamoring for into the MCU. But with them comes the return of Lashana Lynch’s Maria Rambeau, suited up once more as an alternate-reality superhero. But if you’re here, you might be wondering exactly which superhero.
Well, before we get into that, let’s first explain a bit. In the final minutes of “The Marvels,” Dar-Benn (Zawe Ashton) rips through time and space as she tries to steal Earth’s sun. Fortunately, The Marvels are able to stop her from siphoning the star, but they’re still left with a gaping hole, causing another reality to bleed into theirs.
But, Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris) has a plan. If Captain Marvel (Brie Larson) and Ms. Marvel (Iman Vellani) can blast her with the same amount of energy that they hit Dar-Benn with,...
“The Marvels” has arrived and yes, it brings a certain team fans have been clamoring for into the MCU. But with them comes the return of Lashana Lynch’s Maria Rambeau, suited up once more as an alternate-reality superhero. But if you’re here, you might be wondering exactly which superhero.
Well, before we get into that, let’s first explain a bit. In the final minutes of “The Marvels,” Dar-Benn (Zawe Ashton) rips through time and space as she tries to steal Earth’s sun. Fortunately, The Marvels are able to stop her from siphoning the star, but they’re still left with a gaping hole, causing another reality to bleed into theirs.
But, Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris) has a plan. If Captain Marvel (Brie Larson) and Ms. Marvel (Iman Vellani) can blast her with the same amount of energy that they hit Dar-Benn with,...
- 11/9/2023
- by Andi Ortiz
- The Wrap
Arabic cinema often seems to follow the same blueprint for its movies. This blueprint frequently features a family settling into a new home, only to discover it’s plagued by Djinn or a man seeking wealth who strikes a bargain with these supernatural beings. Or where a Djinn materializes to punish those who’ve failed to honor their deals. As a result, the horror plays out like a repetitive tune. In Mahmoud Kamel’s latest horror thriller, The Prisoner (or Al Sajeen in Arabic), this design remains intact. The story centers around a family seeking comfort in their new home, hoping to escape the haunting memories of their past. Little do they realize that the horrors they’ll find in this house will eclipse any pain they’ve endured before.
Spoilers Ahead
Why Did Rawan And Ammar Move Into A New House?
The Prisoner begins with a middle-aged man shooting a woman in the back.
Spoilers Ahead
Why Did Rawan And Ammar Move Into A New House?
The Prisoner begins with a middle-aged man shooting a woman in the back.
- 10/28/2023
- by Rishabh Shandilya
- Film Fugitives
The horror genre thrives upon cautionary tales where arrogant individuals believe that they can outsmart some supernatural force for their own gain. It’s for this reason that the greed-quenching Djinn and parables where people learn to be careful what they wish for, usually in the most morbid ways possible, are popular horror tropes. Djinn are a fascinating concept, but they’ve struggled to truly make their mark in cinema between largely-forgettable films like Jinn, The Djinn, Wish Upon, and even George Miller’s Three Thousand Years of Longing. But Djinn stories can still be fun and effective in the right context. And Robert Kurtzman’s Wishmaster is still the premier djinn horror film over 25 years later.
Wishmaster is a movie that understands the unabashed joys of a big, dumb plot where there’s a giant magical gemstone that’s the key to the Djinn’s powers because why the hell not?...
Wishmaster is a movie that understands the unabashed joys of a big, dumb plot where there’s a giant magical gemstone that’s the key to the Djinn’s powers because why the hell not?...
- 9/19/2023
- by Daniel Kurland
- bloody-disgusting.com
This article contains spoilers for What We Do In The Shadows season 5 episode 10.
There may be more to the title of What We Do in the Shadows’ season 5 finale than meets the eye. Guillermo (Harvey Guillén) makes some major changes in “Exit Interview,” and Colin Robinson’s (Mark Proksch) questioning means more than just how much the Staten Island vampires will have to pay his successor. The familiar and bodyguard with the Van Helsing DNA makes a choice, but now he has to live with it until he dies a natural death.
What’s Up With Guillermo’s Beard?
Vampires are immortal, spending their nights eternally frozen at the moment of death. They no longer breathe; they only consume blood, they don’t pump it; all their bodily functions cease. In Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire novel, Claudia rebels against her vampiric nature, defiantly cutting off her hair...
There may be more to the title of What We Do in the Shadows’ season 5 finale than meets the eye. Guillermo (Harvey Guillén) makes some major changes in “Exit Interview,” and Colin Robinson’s (Mark Proksch) questioning means more than just how much the Staten Island vampires will have to pay his successor. The familiar and bodyguard with the Van Helsing DNA makes a choice, but now he has to live with it until he dies a natural death.
What’s Up With Guillermo’s Beard?
Vampires are immortal, spending their nights eternally frozen at the moment of death. They no longer breathe; they only consume blood, they don’t pump it; all their bodily functions cease. In Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire novel, Claudia rebels against her vampiric nature, defiantly cutting off her hair...
- 9/1/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Netflix’s adaptation of Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski’s renowned book series, The Witcher, has captivated audiences with its dark, gothic atmosphere and outstanding performances by actors such as Freya Allan (Ciri), Anya Chalotra (Yennefer) and Henry Cavill (Geralt). The first season that was premiered in 2019, followed by Season 2 in 2021, garnered a huge and devoted fanbase. In 2022, a prequel series titled Blood Origin was released, introducing several changes from the source material while still maintaining a connection to the events in the Witcher timeline. However, the upcoming season, which will sadly be the final time Geralt is portrayed by Henry Cavil, will follow the series’ protagonist Geralt, his true love Yennefer, and his destiny child Ciri as they confront numerous challenges and strive to save the world as prophesied in their destinies.
Spoilers Ahead
How Did Ciri Become Geralt’s Destiny?
Geralt of Rivia was among the last surviving witchers in the world.
Spoilers Ahead
How Did Ciri Become Geralt’s Destiny?
Geralt of Rivia was among the last surviving witchers in the world.
- 6/28/2023
- by Poulami Nanda
- Film Fugitives
The Wishmaster episode of Wtf Happened to This Horror Movie? was Written by Emilie Black, Narrated by Jason Hewlett, Edited by Juan Jimenez, Produced by Lance Vlcek and John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.
Horror has had many periods and the late 1990s were very much for self-referential films, dark humor, and cameos. Wishmaster, or Wes Craven’s Wishmaster (watch it Here) as it was marketed at the time, is more on the dark humor side of things than self-referential. Still, it does have plenty of cameos and references to other movies to be found by those paying attention.
While the film was marketed as Wes Craven’s Wishmaster, the film was in fact, written by Peter Adkins and directed by Robert Kurtzman, two creators the world of horror already knew. Craven was an executive producer here, but his name put butts in seats back in the day,...
Horror has had many periods and the late 1990s were very much for self-referential films, dark humor, and cameos. Wishmaster, or Wes Craven’s Wishmaster (watch it Here) as it was marketed at the time, is more on the dark humor side of things than self-referential. Still, it does have plenty of cameos and references to other movies to be found by those paying attention.
While the film was marketed as Wes Craven’s Wishmaster, the film was in fact, written by Peter Adkins and directed by Robert Kurtzman, two creators the world of horror already knew. Craven was an executive producer here, but his name put butts in seats back in the day,...
- 6/9/2023
- by Emilie Black
- JoBlo.com
Robert Englund’s most famous role as Freddy Krueger in the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise only scratches the surface of his prolific career. With over 150 credits in film and television and counting, the actor remains a heavyweight in the horror space. That includes cameo appearances, where Englund’s history and experience bring welcome depth to each part, no matter how fleeting.
Some Robert Englund cameos offer a wry wink to horror fans, while others intentionally play on audience expectations based on his more prominent roles.
For #RobertEnglundDay, here are six of the best Robert Englund cameos in horror.
Wes Craven’s New Nightmare
Writer/Director Wes Craven warmed up his meta-horror muscles with this 1994 franchise entry. Englund plays Freddy Krueger, who crosses over from his fictional film franchise into the real world to torment the cast and crew behind his films. While Englund plays a prominent role as Freddy Krueger,...
Some Robert Englund cameos offer a wry wink to horror fans, while others intentionally play on audience expectations based on his more prominent roles.
For #RobertEnglundDay, here are six of the best Robert Englund cameos in horror.
Wes Craven’s New Nightmare
Writer/Director Wes Craven warmed up his meta-horror muscles with this 1994 franchise entry. Englund plays Freddy Krueger, who crosses over from his fictional film franchise into the real world to torment the cast and crew behind his films. While Englund plays a prominent role as Freddy Krueger,...
- 6/6/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Taika Waititi's supernatural New Zealand mockumentary movie "What We Do in the Shadows" is a modern classic filled with one-liners that have seeped their way into the public's collective consciousness. That's why it's a testament to FX's spinoff mockumentary show of the same name — created by the "Wwdits" film's co-star, co-writer, and co-director Jemaine Clement — that it's managed to not only stand on its own but in some ways surpass Waititi's vampiric horror-comedy, creatively-speaking.
The FX series centers on a pack of bloodsuckers in Staten Island who are just as hilarious and endearing as those in Waititi's movie, with the benefit of having multiple seasons to flesh out their personalities and expand upon the film's themes. Joining them is Harvey Guillén as Guillermo de la Cruz, a much put-upon familiar whose dynamic with his blood-thirsty "master," Nandor (Kayvan Novak), is a far more nuanced depiction of a toxic,...
The FX series centers on a pack of bloodsuckers in Staten Island who are just as hilarious and endearing as those in Waititi's movie, with the benefit of having multiple seasons to flesh out their personalities and expand upon the film's themes. Joining them is Harvey Guillén as Guillermo de la Cruz, a much put-upon familiar whose dynamic with his blood-thirsty "master," Nandor (Kayvan Novak), is a far more nuanced depiction of a toxic,...
- 5/20/2023
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
The cinema of Asean countries, as in the case of Indonesia, Malaysia etc, is actually filled with romantic comedies and horror movies that very rarely reach beyond their borders. During the latest years, however, the need for context by the big streamers has brought a number of them to the fore, with Netflix paving the way. “Qorin” belongs to the second category.
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The story takes place at the Rodiatul Jannah boarding school, an Islamic girls-only facility. Zahra, a third year student, is a model student, always obeying the orders of Ustad Jaelani, the all powerful principal, who also happens to be married to the daughter of the founder of the school. Recently, however, Zahra has been having nightmares about the presence of a Djinn, while the appearance of a troublesome girl who has been sent for some sort of...
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The story takes place at the Rodiatul Jannah boarding school, an Islamic girls-only facility. Zahra, a third year student, is a model student, always obeying the orders of Ustad Jaelani, the all powerful principal, who also happens to be married to the daughter of the founder of the school. Recently, however, Zahra has been having nightmares about the presence of a Djinn, while the appearance of a troublesome girl who has been sent for some sort of...
- 5/13/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
My problem is that I’m always comparing books with other books, or just wanting things out of them that they never promised. This is, of course, a Me Problem, and I try to tamp it down when it hits.
I have a major case today, but I’m going to try to be fair to Nayra and the Djinn , a fine new graphic novel by Iasmin Omar Ata with lovely colors, a positive story, and a message that will resonate with a whole lot of readers younger than I am. Nayra is officially published today; you should be able to find it in all the usual ways and places you find books.
You see, I recently read another book about wishes, Djinni-adjacent, connected to Egyptian culture and Islam – Deena Mohamed’s Shubeik Lubeik – and anything I say about Ata’s YA book could well be me wanting it to...
I have a major case today, but I’m going to try to be fair to Nayra and the Djinn , a fine new graphic novel by Iasmin Omar Ata with lovely colors, a positive story, and a message that will resonate with a whole lot of readers younger than I am. Nayra is officially published today; you should be able to find it in all the usual ways and places you find books.
You see, I recently read another book about wishes, Djinni-adjacent, connected to Egyptian culture and Islam – Deena Mohamed’s Shubeik Lubeik – and anything I say about Ata’s YA book could well be me wanting it to...
- 3/1/2023
- by Andrew Wheeler
- Comicmix.com
Review In Sidharth Bharathan’s Djinn, the humour, written around a man with mental health, issues, elicits no laughter.CrisThe problem with Sidharth Bharathan’s Malayalam film Djinn is not that it is chaotic and after a point, shoots off in all different directions, leaving your head spinning a little too long. But like good old Shakespeare once said, there has to be a method in the madness. Chaos works when there is a sweet order to it – something that holds you to the story. Djinn loses that grip from the word go. Even if you tell yourself ‘Let’s not be hasty, let the full deal unroll’, it is only going to be a test of your patience. Sidharth Bharathan has brought together a wonderful cast and an interesting idea, which somehow did not translate all that well onto the screen. Djinn, or jinn, in Islamic and Arabic mythology,...
- 1/6/2023
- by Cris
- The News Minute
Witches are more than just gingerbread-loving, black hat-wearing, broomstick-flying creatures of chaos and evil. While there are plenty of on-screen witches that still have questionable morals, there are just as many with a more nuanced backstory. But just because there are more “good” witches out there, doesn’t mean that these magic wielders are any less formidable. Witches have always been a force to be reckoned with on screen, and if anything, their desire to help others, make up for past mistakes, or protect their family makes them even more powerful and intimidating.
The following witches from TV and movies come from a wide variety of worlds and backgrounds, but they all have one thing in common – they are complete and total badasses. Every single witch on this list would make a worthy and powerful ally, but good luck to anyone who dares to cross them.
Yennefer of Vengerberg – The Witcher...
The following witches from TV and movies come from a wide variety of worlds and backgrounds, but they all have one thing in common – they are complete and total badasses. Every single witch on this list would make a worthy and powerful ally, but good luck to anyone who dares to cross them.
Yennefer of Vengerberg – The Witcher...
- 1/6/2023
- by Brynnaarens
- Den of Geek
"The Witcher" is a sprawling high fantasy full of magic, knights, and horrendous murder beasts. Somewhere between "Game of Thrones" and "The Lord of the Rings," the novels feature a vicious armada of craven cryptids who would like nothing more to chow down on a few locals, if given the chance. We're talking Leshy and Djinn and Basilisks and Ghouls and Bruxa and all kinds of other critters you've never heard of. As fearsome as these monsters are, however, none of them are half as feared as the Wild Hunt.
In layman's terms, the Wild Hunt is a group of multidimensional elves hellbent upon imprisoning powerful beings from each of the many races to utilize as slaves. They ride ghostly horses and wear ghostly armor and travel through magic portals so the citizens of Skellige can be forgiven for naming them the Wraiths of Mörhogg. The Wild Hunt's quest to...
In layman's terms, the Wild Hunt is a group of multidimensional elves hellbent upon imprisoning powerful beings from each of the many races to utilize as slaves. They ride ghostly horses and wear ghostly armor and travel through magic portals so the citizens of Skellige can be forgiven for naming them the Wraiths of Mörhogg. The Wild Hunt's quest to...
- 12/26/2022
- by Cameron Roy Hall
- Slash Film
ListicleThe December lineup are all theatre releases, with Ott platforms bringing out movies that have already had a theatre-run or festival release.Tnm StaffEven though there are no superstar releases in Malayalam this Christmas and New Year, quite a few others are lined up to come out in the next two weeks. These are all theatre releases. Most of the Ott releases this month are films which have already had a theatre-run, like Gold and Udal. 1. Kaapa - Actor Prithviraj Sukumaran will work with director Shaji Kailas in a film that delves into the world of crime and gang wars. Set in Thiruvananthapuram, the story is by noted writer Gr Indugopan. Apart from Prithviraj, actors Aparna Balamurali, Anna Ben, and Asif Ali also play prominent roles in the film. Kaapa is expected to release on December 22. 2. Thuramukham - A much anticipated film by critically acclaimed director Rajeev Ravi, Thuramukham's release...
- 12/20/2022
- by Cris
- The News Minute
Cannes 2022: ‘Three Thousand Years of Longing’ by George MillerStarring Tilda Swinton and Idres Elba, a tale in the style of Arabian Nights or Aladdin where interracial love is finally allowed in the guise of mythology.
Life is a story we tell ourselves and Tilda Swinton, playing an uptight academic specializing in mythology lets her imagined self go as Edris Elba swoops her into a cosmic flux.
Going into this movie with a very critical eye, I wondered how George Miller, a white Australian male would view Tilda Swinton vis a vis her geni, Idris Elba. I wondered if there was a racial or racist slant and if so what would it be? I wondered if there would be an “Oriental”-ism in the depiction westerners of the 19th century used in painting the lushness of harems and cruelty of what was called “the Orient” under the rule of the Ottomon Empire. After all, Turkey is the place of mythology. But surprisingly, we see very little local color except then Alithea goes into the bazaar and buys the charming blown glass bottle which contains the geni, or “Djinn” in its native language.
Tilda Swinton plays Alithea, an uptight, charmingly eccentric scholar, on a trip to Istanbul who discovers a Djinn who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom.
Can Tilda Swinton hold her own opposite Idris Elba?
Can she really be a mythological figure visa vis another mythological being from another realm of reality. Is “realm” related to “reality”? Do we all live in realms of mythology in our lives as opposed to realms of realism?
Three thousand years of longing by whom? Ostensibly by the djinn and wished for by our protagonist as the geni tells her his story which excavates her (three centuries old?) layers of repression to reveal her own longing for sexual and loving fulfillment.
These were the questions I hoped this movie would answer as I let myself be drawn into its broad, brightly colored lines of development, visually well designed with a tune that suddenly seems to reflect a recurring theme of one’s own life: one’s own heartfelt wishes, long buried, revealing 3,000 years of longing. The music, composed by Junkie X, billed here as Tom Holkenborg is stunning. From the Song of Solomon (with a really unintendedly funny animated accompanist), to the theme song itself, the score complements the story without ever getting into its way.
The djinn’s story coincides with the fall of the Ottomon Empire where such stories (as I said) of Aladin or 1,001 Nights originated. If considered within the context of Western Civilization in which the Ottomon Empire was destroyed by the rise of Christianity, the story takes on a racial and racist slant. But we who are watching the movie do not have to deal with that. This is a tale told by a teller of tales.
And in the end, the Djinn (who is never given a proper name) cannot live in a white, christian, cleanly lit society. He must return to the darker realms where storytelling is an art, not a means of coping with life.
Tilda, the white savior of the geni, in her pure goodness, makes her third wish, one of seemingly self-sacrifice in the name of love; she wishes that he return to where he belongs and will thrive. He, in turn, rewards her with occasional returns so their love can continue but without interrupting her happy existence as an affluent, productive single white female.
Watch the trailer here.
I too could tell such a story, but in the realm of our “real” society, it is not so clean and clear but is strewn with rough, irreconcilable elements. This is clearly a love story between two opposites whose attraction/ separation has lasted three thousand years. It is a fairytale which fulfills a longing many of us have in our minds but which remains, as in this sweetly told movie, only a fairytale.
Don’t get me wrong. I loved the movie. I would put it into a category with Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack’s Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, in which a retired school teacher, yearning for some adventure, and some sex hires a young sex worker named Leo Grande. It is a true “date movie” which, I am happy to report filled the Odeon Theater in Berlin on the Saturday night I saw it.
It is a brave move to make such a film in today’s environment. I do not think any American white male or female director would dare to tackle such a subject. Directed by George Miller on what must be a huge budget judging by the credits after the film, it is also co-written by Miller who wrote to lyrics to a song according to the credits but whose words I do not recall, though the theme melody is hauntingly beautiful. It is cowritten by Augusta Gore whose single credit on IMDb is this movie. I wonder if she pitched it to Miller. It is based upon the short story “The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye” by A.S. Byatt.
Further kudos should go to the director of photography John Seale, known for Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), The English Patient (1996) and Witness (1985); the production designer Roger Ford, known for Babe (1995), Rabbit-Proof Fence(2002) and The Dressmaker (2015); the art directors Sophie Nash, known for The Nightingale (2018) and The Light Between Oceans (2016) and Nicholas Dare(Hacksaw Ridge); and the film editor Margaret Sixel, known for Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), Happy Feet (2006) and Babe: Pig in the City (1998). She has also been married to George Miller since 1995. They have two children.
Other notable below-the-line crew members include set decorator Lisa Thompson, costume designer Kym Barrett, and an extensive expensive makeup department: Lara Jade Birch…crowd hair supervisor / crowd makeup supervisor Terri Farmer…key hair stylist / key makeup artist Brydie Stone…key prosthetics artist Lesley Vanderwalt…hair designer / makeup designer Sheldon Wade…prosthetic artist
International sales agent FilmNation coproduced with U.S. studio-North American distributor United Artists Releasing / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)and licensed rights to
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Rachael Gill…associate producer Dean Hood…executive producer Craig McMahon…executive producer George Miller…producer (produced by) Doug Mitchell…producer (produced by) Kevin Sun…executive producer...
Life is a story we tell ourselves and Tilda Swinton, playing an uptight academic specializing in mythology lets her imagined self go as Edris Elba swoops her into a cosmic flux.
Going into this movie with a very critical eye, I wondered how George Miller, a white Australian male would view Tilda Swinton vis a vis her geni, Idris Elba. I wondered if there was a racial or racist slant and if so what would it be? I wondered if there would be an “Oriental”-ism in the depiction westerners of the 19th century used in painting the lushness of harems and cruelty of what was called “the Orient” under the rule of the Ottomon Empire. After all, Turkey is the place of mythology. But surprisingly, we see very little local color except then Alithea goes into the bazaar and buys the charming blown glass bottle which contains the geni, or “Djinn” in its native language.
Tilda Swinton plays Alithea, an uptight, charmingly eccentric scholar, on a trip to Istanbul who discovers a Djinn who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom.
Can Tilda Swinton hold her own opposite Idris Elba?
Can she really be a mythological figure visa vis another mythological being from another realm of reality. Is “realm” related to “reality”? Do we all live in realms of mythology in our lives as opposed to realms of realism?
Three thousand years of longing by whom? Ostensibly by the djinn and wished for by our protagonist as the geni tells her his story which excavates her (three centuries old?) layers of repression to reveal her own longing for sexual and loving fulfillment.
These were the questions I hoped this movie would answer as I let myself be drawn into its broad, brightly colored lines of development, visually well designed with a tune that suddenly seems to reflect a recurring theme of one’s own life: one’s own heartfelt wishes, long buried, revealing 3,000 years of longing. The music, composed by Junkie X, billed here as Tom Holkenborg is stunning. From the Song of Solomon (with a really unintendedly funny animated accompanist), to the theme song itself, the score complements the story without ever getting into its way.
The djinn’s story coincides with the fall of the Ottomon Empire where such stories (as I said) of Aladin or 1,001 Nights originated. If considered within the context of Western Civilization in which the Ottomon Empire was destroyed by the rise of Christianity, the story takes on a racial and racist slant. But we who are watching the movie do not have to deal with that. This is a tale told by a teller of tales.
And in the end, the Djinn (who is never given a proper name) cannot live in a white, christian, cleanly lit society. He must return to the darker realms where storytelling is an art, not a means of coping with life.
Tilda, the white savior of the geni, in her pure goodness, makes her third wish, one of seemingly self-sacrifice in the name of love; she wishes that he return to where he belongs and will thrive. He, in turn, rewards her with occasional returns so their love can continue but without interrupting her happy existence as an affluent, productive single white female.
Watch the trailer here.
I too could tell such a story, but in the realm of our “real” society, it is not so clean and clear but is strewn with rough, irreconcilable elements. This is clearly a love story between two opposites whose attraction/ separation has lasted three thousand years. It is a fairytale which fulfills a longing many of us have in our minds but which remains, as in this sweetly told movie, only a fairytale.
Don’t get me wrong. I loved the movie. I would put it into a category with Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack’s Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, in which a retired school teacher, yearning for some adventure, and some sex hires a young sex worker named Leo Grande. It is a true “date movie” which, I am happy to report filled the Odeon Theater in Berlin on the Saturday night I saw it.
It is a brave move to make such a film in today’s environment. I do not think any American white male or female director would dare to tackle such a subject. Directed by George Miller on what must be a huge budget judging by the credits after the film, it is also co-written by Miller who wrote to lyrics to a song according to the credits but whose words I do not recall, though the theme melody is hauntingly beautiful. It is cowritten by Augusta Gore whose single credit on IMDb is this movie. I wonder if she pitched it to Miller. It is based upon the short story “The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye” by A.S. Byatt.
Further kudos should go to the director of photography John Seale, known for Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), The English Patient (1996) and Witness (1985); the production designer Roger Ford, known for Babe (1995), Rabbit-Proof Fence(2002) and The Dressmaker (2015); the art directors Sophie Nash, known for The Nightingale (2018) and The Light Between Oceans (2016) and Nicholas Dare(Hacksaw Ridge); and the film editor Margaret Sixel, known for Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), Happy Feet (2006) and Babe: Pig in the City (1998). She has also been married to George Miller since 1995. They have two children.
Other notable below-the-line crew members include set decorator Lisa Thompson, costume designer Kym Barrett, and an extensive expensive makeup department: Lara Jade Birch…crowd hair supervisor / crowd makeup supervisor Terri Farmer…key hair stylist / key makeup artist Brydie Stone…key prosthetics artist Lesley Vanderwalt…hair designer / makeup designer Sheldon Wade…prosthetic artist
International sales agent FilmNation coproduced with U.S. studio-North American distributor United Artists Releasing / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)and licensed rights to
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Rachael Gill…associate producer Dean Hood…executive producer Craig McMahon…executive producer George Miller…producer (produced by) Doug Mitchell…producer (produced by) Kevin Sun…executive producer...
- 12/18/2022
- by Sydney
- Sydney's Buzz
The power of a wish is an extraordinary thing. For some, it will push them to achieve greatness in their work or their personal life. For others, it’s your heart’s desire being fulfilled at long last. And for these two supernatural beings, wishes can be the ultimate weapon.
First up, this bad dude shows us that evil can come in small packages. He’s Irish every day of the year, but the Leprechaun is not someone you want to stumble across on St. Patrick’s Day. He has a penchant for hoarding his gold and woe be anyone that thinks about taking it. If you go after his gold, he’ll bust out his lucky charms to make you regret it in all sorts of ways. Jennifer Aniston was able to escape his grasp and acquire quite a bit of gold herself, but not many others can say the same.
First up, this bad dude shows us that evil can come in small packages. He’s Irish every day of the year, but the Leprechaun is not someone you want to stumble across on St. Patrick’s Day. He has a penchant for hoarding his gold and woe be anyone that thinks about taking it. If you go after his gold, he’ll bust out his lucky charms to make you regret it in all sorts of ways. Jennifer Aniston was able to escape his grasp and acquire quite a bit of gold herself, but not many others can say the same.
- 12/10/2022
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Glynn Washington is a storyteller. But he is also much more than that. By his own account, the host, creator, and executive producer of Spooked — the podcast born “in the dark of night” of his Snap Judgment show — was raised in an apocalypse cult, is the grandson of a seer, born to a family haunted by ghosts, is a student of magic, and witnessed his first exorcism as a teen.
The Detroit native also studied in Japan, graduated law school, and is an activist and educator. Since 2017, over the course of seven seasons, and more than a hundred episodes, the bassy campfire storyteller intonations of Washington have guided Spooked listeners on a journey of supernatural stories told firsthand by experiencers.
A perfect spooky season series that extends beyond October, Spooked is available across podcast platforms, with bonus episodes on the Luminary subscription site and app. And though the current season...
The Detroit native also studied in Japan, graduated law school, and is an activist and educator. Since 2017, over the course of seven seasons, and more than a hundred episodes, the bassy campfire storyteller intonations of Washington have guided Spooked listeners on a journey of supernatural stories told firsthand by experiencers.
A perfect spooky season series that extends beyond October, Spooked is available across podcast platforms, with bonus episodes on the Luminary subscription site and app. And though the current season...
- 11/3/2022
- by John Saavedra
- Den of Geek
It is Halloween season, and there is no better time to revel in the festivities than by catching a truly haunting movie. “The Possession” is the fourth entry in the dabbe series of movies which introduced the ‘Djinn’ archetype into Turkish cinema. Apart from that, it also unveiled many fresh takes on the genre that makes it truly unique and thrilling to watch. There is its highly realistic camerawork that puts you right into the action as if you were witnessing an exorcism in a claustrophobic room. And then there it is its audacity to poke at Islamic dark arts and demonic possessions, a macabre marriage that is not only taboo but also a gutsy headfirst trudge into an unspoken and unheard chapter of the horror playbook.
“The Possession” is the story of a psychiatrist who is highly sceptical of the nether world and of spiritual hoopla until she gets...
“The Possession” is the story of a psychiatrist who is highly sceptical of the nether world and of spiritual hoopla until she gets...
- 10/16/2022
- by Leon Overee
- AsianMoviePulse
Stars: Tilda Swinton, Idris Elba, Ece Yüksel, Zerrin Tekindor, Erdil Yaşaroğlu | Written by George Miller, Augusta Gore | Directed by George Miller
Dr. Alithea Binnie (Tilda Swinton) is an academic — content with life and a creature of reason. While in Istanbul attending a conference, she happens to encounter a Djinn (Idris Elba) who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom. This presents two problems. First, she doubts that he is real and second, because she is a scholar of story and mythology, she knows all the cautionary tales of wishes gone wrong. The Djinn pleads his case by telling her fantastical stories of his past. Eventually she is beguiled and makes a wish that surprises them both.
There is most certainly a magical quality to George Miller‘s first film since 2015’s Mad Max Fury Road – his genuinely ambitious and sprawling Three Thousand Years of Longing. It is without...
Dr. Alithea Binnie (Tilda Swinton) is an academic — content with life and a creature of reason. While in Istanbul attending a conference, she happens to encounter a Djinn (Idris Elba) who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom. This presents two problems. First, she doubts that he is real and second, because she is a scholar of story and mythology, she knows all the cautionary tales of wishes gone wrong. The Djinn pleads his case by telling her fantastical stories of his past. Eventually she is beguiled and makes a wish that surprises them both.
There is most certainly a magical quality to George Miller‘s first film since 2015’s Mad Max Fury Road – his genuinely ambitious and sprawling Three Thousand Years of Longing. It is without...
- 9/22/2022
- by Caillou Pettis
- Nerdly
When you think of HBO's classic mid-'00s series "The Wire," it's the characters that come to mind first -- people like McNulty (Dominic West), D'Angelo, Kima (Sonja Sohn), or Stringer Bell (Idris Elba). All of them have their place in the show's vast tapestry, but their stories never feel manufactured or inauthentic. Their major failures and small triumphs echo and clash against those of others, comprising the major drama of the show. And Stringer, the ambitious climber at the top of the show's Barksdale criminal empire, had some of the show's most engaging material. Of course, it helped that he was played by a future movie star.
While you can now see him on the big screen fighting monstrous lions in "Beast" or playing a romantic Djinn in a George Miller film, Idris Elba's work in "The Wire" some 20 years earlier was much more low-key. Stringer is nothing like the typical fantasy gangster.
While you can now see him on the big screen fighting monstrous lions in "Beast" or playing a romantic Djinn in a George Miller film, Idris Elba's work in "The Wire" some 20 years earlier was much more low-key. Stringer is nothing like the typical fantasy gangster.
- 9/18/2022
- by Anthony Crislip
- Slash Film
[Editor’s Note: The following article contains spoilers for “What We Do in the Shadows” Season 4, prior to Season 4, Episode 10, “Sunrise, Sunset.”]
As the old saying goes, you know it’s a great season of TV when vampire partygoers playing hot potato with Sofia Coppola’s decapitated head doesn’t even rank as the most memorable scene.
“We got lucky,” showrunner and executive producer Paul Simms said of casting the Oscar-winning writer in the cold open of Episode 9, “Freddie,” along with her husband and lead singer of Phoenix, Thomas Mars. “They love the show. Both of them are big comedy fans in a way you wouldn’t expect.”
To start the scene, Coppola and Mars are seated with fellow indie director Jim Jarmusch at Nadja’s, a vampire nightclub named after its founder/owner, Nadja (Natasia Demetriou). Looking over the menu, Coppola inquires about the 5,000 “celebrity special,” and — as is fitting for the filmmaker — she’s shown, not told,...
As the old saying goes, you know it’s a great season of TV when vampire partygoers playing hot potato with Sofia Coppola’s decapitated head doesn’t even rank as the most memorable scene.
“We got lucky,” showrunner and executive producer Paul Simms said of casting the Oscar-winning writer in the cold open of Episode 9, “Freddie,” along with her husband and lead singer of Phoenix, Thomas Mars. “They love the show. Both of them are big comedy fans in a way you wouldn’t expect.”
To start the scene, Coppola and Mars are seated with fellow indie director Jim Jarmusch at Nadja’s, a vampire nightclub named after its founder/owner, Nadja (Natasia Demetriou). Looking over the menu, Coppola inquires about the 5,000 “celebrity special,” and — as is fitting for the filmmaker — she’s shown, not told,...
- 9/7/2022
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Three Thousand Years Of Longing is the latest film from George Miller, the Australian director best known for the Mad Max film franchise that had new life breathed into it with the stellar Fury Road in 2015. Miller is similarly ambitious in this new film, about a scholar of narrative Alithea Binnie (Tilda Swinton) traveling to Turkey and her chance encounter with an immortal Djinn (Idris Elba)
It’s an interesting setup, a lover of stories being offered three wishes, but first choosing to hear the stories of how the Djinn was trapped for, well, three thousand years. Swinton’s character is also appropriately suspicious of the proposition, accusing him several times of being a trickster. You can’t accuse Alithea of lacking the awareness of some horror movie protagonists, but it won’t necessarily stay consistent throughout the whole story.
The Djinn’s stories go all the way back to...
It’s an interesting setup, a lover of stories being offered three wishes, but first choosing to hear the stories of how the Djinn was trapped for, well, three thousand years. Swinton’s character is also appropriately suspicious of the proposition, accusing him several times of being a trickster. You can’t accuse Alithea of lacking the awareness of some horror movie protagonists, but it won’t necessarily stay consistent throughout the whole story.
The Djinn’s stories go all the way back to...
- 9/4/2022
- by Jacob Linden
- Uinterview
’The Forgiven’ and ‘Fall’ are also out this weekend.
After last weekend’s UK-Ireland box office results proved rather muted – no film reached the £1m mark for the first time since December 2020 – exhibitors and distributors will be anticipating a boost from this Saturday’s National Cinema Day (September 3), in which 560 venues across the UK will be offering tickets at just £3, for all screenings.
This weekend’s widest release comes from Entertainment Film Distributors’ Three Thousand Years Of Longing, playing in 545 cinemas. The Cannes 2022 premiere unites Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba and is George Miller’s first feature since 2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road.
After last weekend’s UK-Ireland box office results proved rather muted – no film reached the £1m mark for the first time since December 2020 – exhibitors and distributors will be anticipating a boost from this Saturday’s National Cinema Day (September 3), in which 560 venues across the UK will be offering tickets at just £3, for all screenings.
This weekend’s widest release comes from Entertainment Film Distributors’ Three Thousand Years Of Longing, playing in 545 cinemas. The Cannes 2022 premiere unites Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba and is George Miller’s first feature since 2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road.
- 9/2/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Dir: George Miller. Starring: Idris Elba, Tilda Swinton, Alyla Browne, Aamito Lagum, Burcu Gölgedar, Matteo Bocelli, Kaan Guldur, Jack Braddy. 15, 108 minutes.
When Mad Max: Fury Road was released in 2015, it wasn’t merely a revelation – it was a revolution. In an era rife with mind-numbing franchise work, George Miller delivered a feature-length, dystopian car chase that slammed its foot on the pedal and never relented, all while unspooling a rich fable about women’s emancipation from under the boot of environmental collapse. The film found itself at the centre of many a fevered discussion about what cinema can look like at its most creatively liberated and immersive. Though Miller’s follow-up, Three Thousand Years of Longing, is an entirely different breed of film – a romantic fantasy about a djinn and the woman he’s magically bound to – its interest in the restorative power of storytelling follows in the same tradition.
When Mad Max: Fury Road was released in 2015, it wasn’t merely a revelation – it was a revolution. In an era rife with mind-numbing franchise work, George Miller delivered a feature-length, dystopian car chase that slammed its foot on the pedal and never relented, all while unspooling a rich fable about women’s emancipation from under the boot of environmental collapse. The film found itself at the centre of many a fevered discussion about what cinema can look like at its most creatively liberated and immersive. Though Miller’s follow-up, Three Thousand Years of Longing, is an entirely different breed of film – a romantic fantasy about a djinn and the woman he’s magically bound to – its interest in the restorative power of storytelling follows in the same tradition.
- 9/1/2022
- by Clarisse Loughrey
- The Independent - Film
This What We Do in The Shadows review contains spoilers.
What We Do in the Shadows Season 4 Episode 9
While not quite achingly funny, What We Do in the Shadows’ season 4 episode 9, is about growing pains. “Freddie” is a sad, and somewhat cruel installment in the Staten Island vampire saga. We finally learn who Guillermo (Harvey Guillén) has been covertly sharing stolen moments of cell phone intimacy with, but it brings double the trouble. While a certain freakish draw to Nadja’s (Natasia Demetriou) vampire club Nadja’s wants an increase in pay but grows in size instead.
Nadja’s is so swarming with guests, a denim cape doesn’t cut it at the velvet rope. The vampire club and its resident creepy performer have gotten on the radar of human celebrity guests. Fran Liebowitz is on an upcoming guest list because “she says what we’re all thinking,” according to Nadja,...
What We Do in the Shadows Season 4 Episode 9
While not quite achingly funny, What We Do in the Shadows’ season 4 episode 9, is about growing pains. “Freddie” is a sad, and somewhat cruel installment in the Staten Island vampire saga. We finally learn who Guillermo (Harvey Guillén) has been covertly sharing stolen moments of cell phone intimacy with, but it brings double the trouble. While a certain freakish draw to Nadja’s (Natasia Demetriou) vampire club Nadja’s wants an increase in pay but grows in size instead.
Nadja’s is so swarming with guests, a denim cape doesn’t cut it at the velvet rope. The vampire club and its resident creepy performer have gotten on the radar of human celebrity guests. Fran Liebowitz is on an upcoming guest list because “she says what we’re all thinking,” according to Nadja,...
- 8/31/2022
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Warning: This article contains major spoilers for the movie "Three Thousand Years of Longing."
George Miller is a visionary director with a filmography that can't be confined to one genre. Although known best for "Mad Max: Fury Road," he's also directed the horror comedy "The Witches of Eastwick" and various children's movies, including "Babe: Pig in the City" and both "Happy Feet" films. Miller has demonstrated an ability to delve into the darkest regions of humanity and explore the innocence of childhood imagination. "Three Thousand Years of Longing" combines both of these strengths into one sweeping, visually gorgeous narrative, but don't expect the high-octane action of "Fury Road." As /Film's Rafael Motamayor's review states, the film is "about the importance of storytelling, especially today. It's about how, even if we no longer need to explain the mysteries of the universe through fables, we still use storytelling to explain our emotions and desires.
George Miller is a visionary director with a filmography that can't be confined to one genre. Although known best for "Mad Max: Fury Road," he's also directed the horror comedy "The Witches of Eastwick" and various children's movies, including "Babe: Pig in the City" and both "Happy Feet" films. Miller has demonstrated an ability to delve into the darkest regions of humanity and explore the innocence of childhood imagination. "Three Thousand Years of Longing" combines both of these strengths into one sweeping, visually gorgeous narrative, but don't expect the high-octane action of "Fury Road." As /Film's Rafael Motamayor's review states, the film is "about the importance of storytelling, especially today. It's about how, even if we no longer need to explain the mysteries of the universe through fables, we still use storytelling to explain our emotions and desires.
- 8/30/2022
- by Ben Begley
- Slash Film
If the producers of George Miller’s “Three Thousand Years of Longing” had a Djinn grant them three wishes, you can bet they might wish for more money.
Miller’s film starring Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba bombed hard in its opening weekend, bringing in just 2.9 million from over 2,400 domestic theaters against a whopping 60 million reported budget, placing seventh overall for the weekend behind films like “Top Gun: Maverick” and “DC League of Super-Pets” that have played in theaters for months. And it did this in a week when theaters are starved for new titles, with the box office for the weekend overall hitting its lowest point since mid-February.
The good news is that Miller will be just fine, as he’s already hard at work on the highly anticipated “Furiosa,” which is a prequel film follow-up to his box office smash “Mad Max Fury Road.” But you’d have...
Miller’s film starring Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba bombed hard in its opening weekend, bringing in just 2.9 million from over 2,400 domestic theaters against a whopping 60 million reported budget, placing seventh overall for the weekend behind films like “Top Gun: Maverick” and “DC League of Super-Pets” that have played in theaters for months. And it did this in a week when theaters are starved for new titles, with the box office for the weekend overall hitting its lowest point since mid-February.
The good news is that Miller will be just fine, as he’s already hard at work on the highly anticipated “Furiosa,” which is a prequel film follow-up to his box office smash “Mad Max Fury Road.” But you’d have...
- 8/30/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
No matter how they are told or which culture they originate from, stories are the very essence of human existence. Every group of people throughout history has lived off stories, mythology, and the like to progress their society. After all, what is the point of history if you do not keep track of and learn from it?
That is the idea at the core of "Three Thousand Years of Longing," George Miller's maximalist adaptation of A.S. Byatt's short story "The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye." While it is fair to expect something as epic and intense as "Mad Max: Fury Road," that couldn't be further from what viewers receive with this film. "Three Thousand Years of Longing" is quieter and contemplative, opting to use its sprawling visuals sparingly to convey its grand ideas. A beautiful yet appropriately flawed ode to storytelling, Miller champions the resilience of humanity that...
That is the idea at the core of "Three Thousand Years of Longing," George Miller's maximalist adaptation of A.S. Byatt's short story "The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye." While it is fair to expect something as epic and intense as "Mad Max: Fury Road," that couldn't be further from what viewers receive with this film. "Three Thousand Years of Longing" is quieter and contemplative, opting to use its sprawling visuals sparingly to convey its grand ideas. A beautiful yet appropriately flawed ode to storytelling, Miller champions the resilience of humanity that...
- 8/29/2022
- by Erin Brady
- Slash Film
"Three Thousand Years of Longing", directed by Oscar winner George Miller ("Mad Max: Fury Road") is the new 'epic fantasy' romance feature, adapting the short story "The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye" by A. S. Byatt, starring Idris Elba as a pointy-eared 'genie', now playing:
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- 8/29/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Milan Records has released Three Thousand Years Of Longing (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) featuring music by multiplatinum-selling producer, composer, musician and educator Tom Holkenborg aka Junkie Xl. Available everywhere now, the album features score music written by Holkenborg for the fantasy film by Academy Award®-winning director George Miller.
It’s a gorgeous score and one to add to everyone’s library.
The project is the latest in an ongoing creative partnership between Holkenborg and Miller, with the duo working together on the 2015 blockbuster Mad Max: Fury Road and the franchise’s highly-anticipated prequel Furiosa.
#Furiosa pic.twitter.com/YaYcBfnejP
— Tom Holkenborg (@Junkie_XL) June 6, 2022
Also included within the 9-track collection is “Cautionary Tale,” an original song performed by Matteo Bocelli. Written by Holkenborg in collaboration with George Miller and Augusta Gore, the emotionally resonant track features as the film’s end title theme. Originally making its world premiere at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival,...
It’s a gorgeous score and one to add to everyone’s library.
The project is the latest in an ongoing creative partnership between Holkenborg and Miller, with the duo working together on the 2015 blockbuster Mad Max: Fury Road and the franchise’s highly-anticipated prequel Furiosa.
#Furiosa pic.twitter.com/YaYcBfnejP
— Tom Holkenborg (@Junkie_XL) June 6, 2022
Also included within the 9-track collection is “Cautionary Tale,” an original song performed by Matteo Bocelli. Written by Holkenborg in collaboration with George Miller and Augusta Gore, the emotionally resonant track features as the film’s end title theme. Originally making its world premiere at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival,...
- 8/28/2022
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
We’ve had some bad weekends this year, but this past weekend took the cake with the worst showing for the Top 10 since late January. The big difference with this weekend’s box office is that there were actually three new wide releases, including one from an Oscar-winning filmmaker.
The #1 movie of the weekend was Sony/Screen Gems’ vampire thriller “The Invitation,” starring Nathalie Emmanuel (“Game of Thrones”) and Thomas Doherty (“Gossip Girl”), which was released into 3,114 theaters on Friday with no early reviews. It ended up taking in 775,000 in Thursday previews and 2.6 million on Friday, which allowed it to take the lead over the weekend with an estimated 7 million. Directed by Jessica M. Thompson, the movie did eventually see reviews that weren’t particularly kind, only achieving a 26 rating on Rotten Tomatoes (about half its Audience Score). That didn’t make much of a difference, since more moviegoers were...
The #1 movie of the weekend was Sony/Screen Gems’ vampire thriller “The Invitation,” starring Nathalie Emmanuel (“Game of Thrones”) and Thomas Doherty (“Gossip Girl”), which was released into 3,114 theaters on Friday with no early reviews. It ended up taking in 775,000 in Thursday previews and 2.6 million on Friday, which allowed it to take the lead over the weekend with an estimated 7 million. Directed by Jessica M. Thompson, the movie did eventually see reviews that weren’t particularly kind, only achieving a 26 rating on Rotten Tomatoes (about half its Audience Score). That didn’t make much of a difference, since more moviegoers were...
- 8/28/2022
- by Edward Douglas
- Gold Derby
If three new movies debut in theaters, but nobody goes to see them…
That is how Sony’s creepy thriller “The Invitation” managed to top box office charts with a paltry 7 million. Its win comes with some pretty weak bragging rights; it’s the lowest first-place finish since May 2021, when Covid was keeping people at home.
Now, it’s not the pandemic that’s preventing audiences from going to theaters, it’s the lack of appealing options. Overall, the domestic box office generated just 54 million over the weekend, the worst collective result in months.
And the bad times are expected to continue until at least late September or early October, when “Don’t Worry Darling” (Sept. 23), “Halloween Ends” (Oct. 14) and the comic book adaptation “Black Adam” (Oct. 21) open in theaters. It’s a disappointing finale to an otherwise strong summer at the movies, which fielded plenty of box office hits including “Top Gun: Maverick,...
That is how Sony’s creepy thriller “The Invitation” managed to top box office charts with a paltry 7 million. Its win comes with some pretty weak bragging rights; it’s the lowest first-place finish since May 2021, when Covid was keeping people at home.
Now, it’s not the pandemic that’s preventing audiences from going to theaters, it’s the lack of appealing options. Overall, the domestic box office generated just 54 million over the weekend, the worst collective result in months.
And the bad times are expected to continue until at least late September or early October, when “Don’t Worry Darling” (Sept. 23), “Halloween Ends” (Oct. 14) and the comic book adaptation “Black Adam” (Oct. 21) open in theaters. It’s a disappointing finale to an otherwise strong summer at the movies, which fielded plenty of box office hits including “Top Gun: Maverick,...
- 8/28/2022
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
After premiering at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival last May, “Three Thousand Years of Longing” hit theaters on August 26 to mixed reviews. With a freshness rating of 70 on Rotten Tomatoes, the impressive cast is led by Oscar winner Tilda Swinton and SAG Award winner Idris Elba. The movie centers on a scholar, played by Swinton, who meets a Djinn, also known as a genie (Elba), who gives her three wishes. So what are critics saying?
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Amy Smith of Next Best Picture had a mixed reaction to the film. She praised the leads, score and makeup, but not everything sticks the landing. “With such a short runtime, the epic narrative starts to feel small and rushed in its final act.” The tonal shift from the first and second half of the film does not quite blend.
Matt Oakes of Silver Screen Riot begins by warning the...
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Amy Smith of Next Best Picture had a mixed reaction to the film. She praised the leads, score and makeup, but not everything sticks the landing. “With such a short runtime, the epic narrative starts to feel small and rushed in its final act.” The tonal shift from the first and second half of the film does not quite blend.
Matt Oakes of Silver Screen Riot begins by warning the...
- 8/27/2022
- by Vincent Mandile
- Gold Derby
Idris Elba stars as The Djinn and Tilda Swinton as Alithea Binnie in director George Miller’s film
Three Thousand Years Of Longing A Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures film Photo credit: Elise Lockwood
© 2022 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc. All Rights Reserved The new movie Three Thousand Years of Longing features Tilda Swinton as a woman whose life is changed dramatically when she encounters a Djinn (genie). That mystical being is played by Idris Elba; while it’s the first time that Swinton and Elba have worked together, their collaboration, it turns out, was predestined by a chance meeting years ago that included one of the most clichéd of Hollywood lines. (Click on the media bar below to hear Tilda Swinton) https://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Tilda-_Swinton-_Idris_elba_.mp3 Three Thousand Years of Longing is now playing in theaters.
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Three Thousand Years Of Longing A Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures film Photo credit: Elise Lockwood
© 2022 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc. All Rights Reserved The new movie Three Thousand Years of Longing features Tilda Swinton as a woman whose life is changed dramatically when she encounters a Djinn (genie). That mystical being is played by Idris Elba; while it’s the first time that Swinton and Elba have worked together, their collaboration, it turns out, was predestined by a chance meeting years ago that included one of the most clichéd of Hollywood lines. (Click on the media bar below to hear Tilda Swinton) https://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Tilda-_Swinton-_Idris_elba_.mp3 Three Thousand Years of Longing is now playing in theaters.
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- 8/26/2022
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
Tilda Swinton must decide what wishes to make, or whether to make them at all, when she discovers a Djinn (genie) played by Idris Elba in the latest film from “Mad Max: Fury Road” director George Miller.
It’s based on “The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye,” a collection of short stories by “Possession” and “Angels & Insects” novelist A.S. Byatt.
Here’s all the information you need if you wish to see the film for yourself.
When Does “Three Thousand Years of Longing” Come Out?
The movie opened on Friday, Aug. 26.
Is “Three Thousand Years of Longing” Streaming or in Theaters?
Right now, “Three Thousand Years of Longing” is playing exclusively in theaters. While we don’t have an exact streaming release date yet, look for the movie to stream later on Prime Video. (Amazon acquired MGM earlier this year.)
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It’s based on “The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye,” a collection of short stories by “Possession” and “Angels & Insects” novelist A.S. Byatt.
Here’s all the information you need if you wish to see the film for yourself.
When Does “Three Thousand Years of Longing” Come Out?
The movie opened on Friday, Aug. 26.
Is “Three Thousand Years of Longing” Streaming or in Theaters?
Right now, “Three Thousand Years of Longing” is playing exclusively in theaters. While we don’t have an exact streaming release date yet, look for the movie to stream later on Prime Video. (Amazon acquired MGM earlier this year.)
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George Miller on the Idris Elba...
- 8/26/2022
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
Cohen Media Group hopes a Spanish film can dent the tough market for foreign language fare, Bleecker Street is out with a hostage drama and A24 presents Owen Kline’s directorial debut about a teenage cartoonist as the arthouse market flexes more muscle than it has in weeks.
The dearth of new releases itself nudged some distributors to grab a window now before a more crowded fall, including Uar’s supersized specialty opening of the Idris Elba, Tilda Swinton-starring Three Thousand Years Of Longing on 2,436 screens, considerably wider than originally anticipated.
George Miller’s fantasy fairytale, written by Miller and Augusta Gore, is based on the 1994 A.S. Byatt short story ‘The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye’. Swinton is a complacent academic, Elba is the Djinn (a kind of spirit genie) she encounters at a conference in Istanbul in the 2022 Cannes Film Festival out-of-competition entry. Deadline review here.
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The dearth of new releases itself nudged some distributors to grab a window now before a more crowded fall, including Uar’s supersized specialty opening of the Idris Elba, Tilda Swinton-starring Three Thousand Years Of Longing on 2,436 screens, considerably wider than originally anticipated.
George Miller’s fantasy fairytale, written by Miller and Augusta Gore, is based on the 1994 A.S. Byatt short story ‘The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye’. Swinton is a complacent academic, Elba is the Djinn (a kind of spirit genie) she encounters at a conference in Istanbul in the 2022 Cannes Film Festival out-of-competition entry. Deadline review here.
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- 8/26/2022
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
"Three Thousand Years of Longing," the centuries-spanning epic and George Miller's first film since "Mad Max: Fury Road," has finally arrived in theaters after a boisterous Cannes debut. However, what many might not know is that it is actually an adaptation of a short story by British writer A.S. Byatt titled "The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye," a story published in her 1994 collection of the same name.
While speaking to /Film's Emma Stefansky in an interview, Miller recounted when he first read "The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye." Once he finished the story, he knew that it was a story he had to adapt to the big screen.
"I first came across the story when someone gave me a small anthology of fairy tales that A.S. Byatt had written," the "Happy Feet" director recalled. "One of them was a little longer than the others, about 40 pages, called 'The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye.
While speaking to /Film's Emma Stefansky in an interview, Miller recounted when he first read "The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye." Once he finished the story, he knew that it was a story he had to adapt to the big screen.
"I first came across the story when someone gave me a small anthology of fairy tales that A.S. Byatt had written," the "Happy Feet" director recalled. "One of them was a little longer than the others, about 40 pages, called 'The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye.
- 8/26/2022
- by Erin Brady
- Slash Film
While watching various George Miller movies from the outside looking in will likely cultivate a healthy respect for the director's casting eye, those who've read Kyle Buchanan's "Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road" oral history have an even deeper appreciation for the esteemed filmmaker's process. After all, just imagine meeting the enormous task of having to fill Mel Gibson's shoes for the character of Max Rockatansky (to say nothing of casting Gibson in the first place with the original "Mad Max") and deciding to take a leap of faith on, at the time, an up-and-coming Tom Hardy. From Hardy to Charlize Theron to Nicholas Hoult — the latter of whom even Miller had initially dismissed — the director went above and beyond to remind audiences that he might very well be second to none when it comes to pinpointing his lead actors.
"Three Thousand Years of Longing,...
"Three Thousand Years of Longing,...
- 8/26/2022
- by Jeremy Mathai
- Slash Film
There are no half measures with George Miller. The Australian filmmaker commits everything he has to movies about pigs who wish they were sheepdogs, penguins who wish they were tap dancers, and denizens of post-apocalyptic wastelands who wish only for the next drop of water, the next scavenge-able ghost town, the next souped-up war rig full of guzzolene to ride straight to Valhalla, shiny and chrome. It's been seven years since Miller blazed back onto the scene with the breathtaking "Mad Max: Fury Road," which carved his place in film history as the kind of guy who knows exactly how to squeeze every last drop of adrenaline from every unbelievable action scene. His newest film, the Arabian Nights-influenced fairytale romance "Three Thousand Years of Longing," could not be more different.
"Three Thousand Years of Longing," based on A.S. Byatt's short story "The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye," spins...
"Three Thousand Years of Longing," based on A.S. Byatt's short story "The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye," spins...
- 8/26/2022
- by Emma Stefansky
- Slash Film
Writer-director George Miller’s 2015 action extravaganza “Mad Max: Fury Road” is already considered a classic of its genre less than a decade after its initial theatrical release. So how does a filmmaker follow a movie that Edgar Wright described as “the best action film of all time” and that an Empire magazine poll anointed “the greatest movie of the century”?
For an artist like Miller, there was really only one choice: to strike out in an entirely different direction, which is what he did with his dazzling new fantasy film “Three Thousand Years of Longing.” Miller first bought the rights to the film’s source material, A.S. Byatt’s short story “The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye,” in the late 1990s, so for years he moved back and forth between it and “Fury Road.” “One was a palette cleanser for the other,” Miller told IndieWire, explaining that by working...
For an artist like Miller, there was really only one choice: to strike out in an entirely different direction, which is what he did with his dazzling new fantasy film “Three Thousand Years of Longing.” Miller first bought the rights to the film’s source material, A.S. Byatt’s short story “The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye,” in the late 1990s, so for years he moved back and forth between it and “Fury Road.” “One was a palette cleanser for the other,” Miller told IndieWire, explaining that by working...
- 8/26/2022
- by Jim Hemphill
- Indiewire
On a trip to Istanbul for a conference, Alithea Binnie, a scholar of narrative and myth, finds herself swept up into a mythic story of her own. Alithea, played by Tilda Swinton, buys a bottle from an old shop, a cultural token for her travels, only to find that it is apparently home to a genie. One moment, she’s rinsing the bottle off in her hotel sink. The next, a giant Idris Elba, speaking another language and flowing with colorful undercurrents of fire and electricity beneath his skin, has...
- 8/26/2022
- by K. Austin Collins
- Rollingstone.com
Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Dan Baker on Wbgr-fm on August 25th, reviewing “Three Thousand Years of Longing,” a magic lamp three wishes story for the ages. The film is in theaters beginning August 26th.
Rating: 4.5/5.0
Tilda Swinton portrays Alithea Binnie, a narrative-ologist, meaning a scholar who analyzes what makes stories work. She lives by choice a solitary life, but it not unhappy. When she begins to have visions at a story conference in Istanbul, it culminates in the purchase of a ancient glass bottle. In her hotel room the bottle explodes, and out pops a Djinn (Idris Elba) … or male Genie … and he grants her the requisite three wishes. What happens next is what neither of them expected, as Ali-thea naturally wants to hear the Djinn’s story.
“Three Thousand Years of Longing” opens in theaters on August 26th. Featuringilda Swinton, Idris Elba,...
Rating: 4.5/5.0
Tilda Swinton portrays Alithea Binnie, a narrative-ologist, meaning a scholar who analyzes what makes stories work. She lives by choice a solitary life, but it not unhappy. When she begins to have visions at a story conference in Istanbul, it culminates in the purchase of a ancient glass bottle. In her hotel room the bottle explodes, and out pops a Djinn (Idris Elba) … or male Genie … and he grants her the requisite three wishes. What happens next is what neither of them expected, as Ali-thea naturally wants to hear the Djinn’s story.
“Three Thousand Years of Longing” opens in theaters on August 26th. Featuringilda Swinton, Idris Elba,...
- 8/26/2022
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
This review originally ran in conjunction with the film’s premiere at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.
Of all the delirious sights that fill the screen and dazzle the eyes in George Miller’s delightfully idiosyncratic “Three Thousand Years of Longing,” the most surprising is also, without a doubt, the most banal: It is the four-inch piece of cloth that actress Tilda Swinton drapes across her nose and mouth as her character rides a city bus.
It would seem this fairy-tale landscape that Miller has dreamed up – a land of Djinns and magic wishes and men who morph into malicious little ghouls before scattering away as 10,000 scarabs – is also, apparently, a world shook by Covid.
This tension between escapism and the dreariness we often hope to escape lies at the heart of the mad scientist Miller’s latest experiment, which premiered to waves of applause at the Cannes Film Festival on Friday.
Of all the delirious sights that fill the screen and dazzle the eyes in George Miller’s delightfully idiosyncratic “Three Thousand Years of Longing,” the most surprising is also, without a doubt, the most banal: It is the four-inch piece of cloth that actress Tilda Swinton drapes across her nose and mouth as her character rides a city bus.
It would seem this fairy-tale landscape that Miller has dreamed up – a land of Djinns and magic wishes and men who morph into malicious little ghouls before scattering away as 10,000 scarabs – is also, apparently, a world shook by Covid.
This tension between escapism and the dreariness we often hope to escape lies at the heart of the mad scientist Miller’s latest experiment, which premiered to waves of applause at the Cannes Film Festival on Friday.
- 8/26/2022
- by Ben Croll
- The Wrap
There’s no question that Australian filmmaker and all-around eccentric genius George Miller has had one of the most eclectic directorial journeys in cinema. He’s only directed 10 ¼ features, and out of those, only three are standalone films. Four of his movies comprise perhaps the greatest post-apocalyptic action series of all time, while three more are…part of beloved and/or successful children’s franchises. It’s an odd resume, to say the least.
Which brings us to his latest venture, Three Thousand Years of Longing, based on the novella “The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye” by A.S. Byatt. Following his 2015 masterpiece, Mad Max: Fury Road, the new film is about as far away from that visceral, high-octane desert epic as one could get, especially since it largely takes place between two characters in one hotel room. Of course, one of those characters is a Djinn, played with majesty,...
Which brings us to his latest venture, Three Thousand Years of Longing, based on the novella “The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye” by A.S. Byatt. Following his 2015 masterpiece, Mad Max: Fury Road, the new film is about as far away from that visceral, high-octane desert epic as one could get, especially since it largely takes place between two characters in one hotel room. Of course, one of those characters is a Djinn, played with majesty,...
- 8/26/2022
- by Don Kaye
- Den of Geek
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