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
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
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
220413_TTYOL_g011.0437853_RC 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: Courtesy of Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures Inc. © 2022 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc. All Rights Reserved
As the seasons march toward Fall, many begin to lapse into the doldrums, since the excitement of exotic getaways is set aside. Perhaps a bit of magic will perk them up, or as with this new film, a whole lot of magic. Well, one of its two central characters is a magical creature of myth, one that’s not unfamiliar to the movie audiences though really a touchstone of the fantasy sitcom “fad” of the 1960s. Now that really began in the “stars” with Ray Walston’s “Uncle Martin” Aka “My Favorite Martian”, followed by Elizabeth Montgomery’s spellcasting Samantha Stevens in “Bewitched”. And then there was Jeannie,...
As the seasons march toward Fall, many begin to lapse into the doldrums, since the excitement of exotic getaways is set aside. Perhaps a bit of magic will perk them up, or as with this new film, a whole lot of magic. Well, one of its two central characters is a magical creature of myth, one that’s not unfamiliar to the movie audiences though really a touchstone of the fantasy sitcom “fad” of the 1960s. Now that really began in the “stars” with Ray Walston’s “Uncle Martin” Aka “My Favorite Martian”, followed by Elizabeth Montgomery’s spellcasting Samantha Stevens in “Bewitched”. And then there was Jeannie,...
- 8/26/2022
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Enter this contest to win two (2) tickets to a preview screening of Three Thousand Years of Longing on Tuesday, August 23, 2022 at 7:00pm at the Mjr Troy. As always, there is absolutely no purchase required to enter a CinemaNerdz contest!
While attending a conference in Istanbul, Dr. Alithea Binnie happens to encounter a djinn who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom. This presents two problems: first, she doubts that he’s real, and second, because she’s 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’s beguiled and makes a wish that surprises them both.
About The Film Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance Cast: Idris Elba, Tilda Swinton, Aamito Lagum, Nicolas Mouawad, Ece Yüksel, Matteo Bocelli, Lachy Hulme, Megan Gale, Zerrin Tekindor, Ogulcan Arman Uslu,...
While attending a conference in Istanbul, Dr. Alithea Binnie happens to encounter a djinn who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom. This presents two problems: first, she doubts that he’s real, and second, because she’s 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’s beguiled and makes a wish that surprises them both.
About The Film Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance Cast: Idris Elba, Tilda Swinton, Aamito Lagum, Nicolas Mouawad, Ece Yüksel, Matteo Bocelli, Lachy Hulme, Megan Gale, Zerrin Tekindor, Ogulcan Arman Uslu,...
- 8/16/2022
- by Editor
- CinemaNerdz
Turkey has selected Baglılık Aslı (Commitment) by Berlinale winner Semih Kaplanoglu for the best international feature film category at the 2020 Oscars.
Commitment explores the challenges of being a woman and mother in the contemporary world, also providing reflection on women's relationship with their immediate surroundings.
After giving birth, Aslı (Kubra Kip) finds a young babysitter, Gülnihal (Ece Yüksel), who turns out to also have a baby. With the arrival of Gülnihal in her life, Aslı begins to confront secrets that she has been hiding even from herself.
Commitment is Kaplanoglu's seventh feature. He is ...
Commitment explores the challenges of being a woman and mother in the contemporary world, also providing reflection on women's relationship with their immediate surroundings.
After giving birth, Aslı (Kubra Kip) finds a young babysitter, Gülnihal (Ece Yüksel), who turns out to also have a baby. With the arrival of Gülnihal in her life, Aslı begins to confront secrets that she has been hiding even from herself.
Commitment is Kaplanoglu's seventh feature. He is ...
- 8/26/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Turkey has selected Baglılık Aslı (Commitment) by Berlinale winner Semih Kaplanoglu for the best international feature film category at the 2020 Oscars.
Commitment explores the challenges of being a woman and mother in the contemporary world, also providing reflection on women's relationship with their immediate surroundings.
After giving birth, Aslı (Kubra Kip) finds a young babysitter, Gülnihal (Ece Yüksel), who turns out to also have a baby. With the arrival of Gülnihal in her life, Aslı begins to confront secrets that she has been hiding even from herself.
Commitment is Kaplanoglu's seventh feature. He is ...
Commitment explores the challenges of being a woman and mother in the contemporary world, also providing reflection on women's relationship with their immediate surroundings.
After giving birth, Aslı (Kubra Kip) finds a young babysitter, Gülnihal (Ece Yüksel), who turns out to also have a baby. With the arrival of Gülnihal in her life, Aslı begins to confront secrets that she has been hiding even from herself.
Commitment is Kaplanoglu's seventh feature. He is ...
- 8/26/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In a small village in the mountains of northeastern Turkey, three peasant sisters uneasily reunite under their father’s rustic roof in Emin Alper’s opaque, oddly theatrical “A Tale of Three Sisters.” Stunningly lensed in widescreen amidst the rocky peaks, the film struggles to excite admiration outside the visuals, forcing the viewer to vainly search for what exactly it was Alper wished to achieve. Bearing no evident connection to Chekhov’s “Three Sisters” apart perhaps from the girls’ desire, like Irina Sergeyevna, to live in town, this ultimately uninteresting drama is undermined by characters of little discernible intelligence whose plight will leave many viewers apathetic, partly due to the way dialogue seems to be artificially recited rather than naturally delivered. Outside a few festivals and Turkish showcases, it’s hard to imagine who’ll buy this “Tale.”
Unlike Alper’s previous feature “Frenzy,” with its clear parallels to the political situation today,...
Unlike Alper’s previous feature “Frenzy,” with its clear parallels to the political situation today,...
- 2/12/2019
- by Jay Weissberg
- Variety Film + TV
A Tale of Three Sisters
Turkish director Emin Alper returns with his third feature, A Tale of Three Sisters, a 1980s set period piece. Produced by Nadir Operli (who also produced Alper’s sophomore film Frenzy in 2015 as well as the Jessica Woodsworth and Peter Brosens title The King of the Belgians), the feature stars Kayhan Açikgöz, Cemre Ebuzziya, Helin Kandemir, Müfit Kayacan, and Ece Yüksel. Emre Erkmen lensed the feature. Alper’s 2012 debut Beyond the Hill won an award out of Berlin’s Forum sidebar. His 2015 sophomore film Frenzy competed in Venice and won a Special Jury Prize.…...
Turkish director Emin Alper returns with his third feature, A Tale of Three Sisters, a 1980s set period piece. Produced by Nadir Operli (who also produced Alper’s sophomore film Frenzy in 2015 as well as the Jessica Woodsworth and Peter Brosens title The King of the Belgians), the feature stars Kayhan Açikgöz, Cemre Ebuzziya, Helin Kandemir, Müfit Kayacan, and Ece Yüksel. Emre Erkmen lensed the feature. Alper’s 2012 debut Beyond the Hill won an award out of Berlin’s Forum sidebar. His 2015 sophomore film Frenzy competed in Venice and won a Special Jury Prize.…...
- 1/1/2019
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Nine titles announced for Berlinale, which runs Feb 7-17.
The first films have been announced for the 2019 Berlin International Film Festival Competition and Berlinale Special sections.
The Competition line-up includes new films by Fatih Akin (The Golden Glove), François Ozon (By the Grace of God) and Denis Côté (Ghost Town Anthology).
The other three films in the strand are Marie Kreutzer’s The Ground Beneath My Feet, Angela Schanelec’s I Was at Home, but and Emin Alper’s A Tale of Three Sisters. All are world premieres except By the Grace Of God which is an international premiere.
The...
The first films have been announced for the 2019 Berlin International Film Festival Competition and Berlinale Special sections.
The Competition line-up includes new films by Fatih Akin (The Golden Glove), François Ozon (By the Grace of God) and Denis Côté (Ghost Town Anthology).
The other three films in the strand are Marie Kreutzer’s The Ground Beneath My Feet, Angela Schanelec’s I Was at Home, but and Emin Alper’s A Tale of Three Sisters. All are world premieres except By the Grace Of God which is an international premiere.
The...
- 12/13/2018
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
The Berlin Film Festival has revealed the first wave of titles for its competition lineup, including new films from François Ozon, Marie Kreutzer, Denis Côté and Fatih Akin. Charles Ferguson’s Watergate documentary is among the Berlinale Special titles.
The first nine Competition and Berlinale Special films were revealed today, alongside the previously announced opening film, The Kindness of Strangers by Lone Scherfig.
Festival favourites Akin (In The Fade) and Ozon (In The House) return with German-language thriller The Golden Glove and French-language drama By The Grace Of God, respectively. The former follows a serial killer who strikes fear in the hearts of residents of Hamburg during the early 1970s. The latter looks at a real-life case of sexual abuses allegedly committed by a French priest in the late 1980s. Oscar-winner Ferguson (Inside Job) will present anticipated 260-minute feature doc Watergate, which is sure to draw plenty of contemporary parallels.
The first nine Competition and Berlinale Special films were revealed today, alongside the previously announced opening film, The Kindness of Strangers by Lone Scherfig.
Festival favourites Akin (In The Fade) and Ozon (In The House) return with German-language thriller The Golden Glove and French-language drama By The Grace Of God, respectively. The former follows a serial killer who strikes fear in the hearts of residents of Hamburg during the early 1970s. The latter looks at a real-life case of sexual abuses allegedly committed by a French priest in the late 1980s. Oscar-winner Ferguson (Inside Job) will present anticipated 260-minute feature doc Watergate, which is sure to draw plenty of contemporary parallels.
- 12/13/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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