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Oscars 2023: Best Original Score Predictions

In a season marked by movies about showbiz, social change, and superheroics, many of the contending scores experiment with new musical sounds uniting the past and present. Among the early frontrunners are Michael Abels’ genre-bending score for Jordan Peele’s flipped-out “Nope” (Universal), Son Lux’s maximalist score for the Daniels’ multiverse action-adventure, “Everything Everywhere All at […]

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‘The Eternal Daughter’: Tilda Swinton Devised Idea Of Playing Both Mother & Daughter In Joanna Hogg’s Latest

Filmmaker Joanna Hogg, who is behind the award-winning “The Souvenir” films returns this week at the Venice Film Festival with a new film, “The Eternal Daughter,” which stars Tilda Swinton (“Three Thousand Years of Longing“). The pic is described as a ghostly story slightly influence by Hogg’s own relationship with her late mother that explores […]

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How to Watch Three Thousand Years of Longing: Where to Watch the Movie

The next big George Miller adventure arrives today with the film Three Thousand Years of Longing. The mastermind behind Mad Max and Happy Feet is bringing out the new fantasy drama seven years after his last critically acclaimed film Mad Max: Fury Road. Back in 2018, Miller announced his plans for a new epic film […]

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Idris Elba Wanted to Rethink Djinn Myth to Play One in ‘Three Thousand Years of Longing’

Idris Elba wasn’t longing for any Dijinn prep work ahead of “Three Thousand Years of Longing.”George Miller’s first film since 2015’s “Mad Max: Fury Road” is based on the 1994 short story “The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye” by A.S. Byatt. Elba portrays a Dijinn who offers a scholar (Tilda Swinton) three wishes in exchange […]

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Karlovy Vary reveals opening, closing films; Liev Schreiber to attend

Three further Cannes titles also added to 2022 edition.Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (July 1-9) has revealed it will open on Friday with Italian director Paolo Genovese’s romantic drama Superheroes and close with George Miller’s Three Thousand Years of Longing.Superheroes explores the relationship between a physics teacher and cartoonist, played respectively by Alessandro Borghi and […]

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George Miller Tried to Cast Tilda Swinton in ‘Furiosa,’ Calls Actress ‘One of the Wisest People I’ve Ever Known’

George Miller went in a dramatically different direction for his “Mad Max: Fury Road” followup, opting to make “Three Thousand Years of Longing,” a two-hander starring Tilda Swinton as a woman confronted by a Djinn (Idris Elba). But now, with that film out of his system, the 77-year-old is preparing to return to the “Mad […]

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The 40 Movies You Need to Know Right Now for Oscars 2023: ‘Elvis,’ ‘Blonde,’ and More

Just when you think you’re out, the Academy Awards will inevitably pull you back in. Not even a viral slap could silence our awards season buzz as we look toward next year’s Oscars.The 2022 Cannes Film Festival lineup boasts plenty of contenders, with Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis” and George Miller’s “Three Thousand Years of Longing” both […]

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6 Biggest Cannes Winners and Losers — From Tom Cruise’s ‘Top Gun’ Triumph to George Miller’s Disappointing Genie

The 75th annual Cannes Film Festival reminded the world just why people love going to the movies. And movie theaters received an important endorsement from a powerful A-list ally. “I make movies for the big screen,” Tom Cruise said on May 18, just hours before “Top Gun: Maverick” premiered to a rapturous standing ovation on […]

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From ‘Elvis’ to ‘Inglourious Basterds,’ Relive the Longest Cannes Standing Ovation Applause of All Time

Our favorite Cannes pastime? Applauding. And we’re not just talking about a polite applause, but a roaring, whole short film’s worth of standing up and cheering at world premieres.Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis” recently made headlines at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival for a 12-minute standing ovation — despite initial reports that it was only 10 minutes […]

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George Miller Says Three Thousand Years Of Longing Has A Guaranteed Wide Theatrical Release

If you love George Miller, or if you just want to see Idris Elba as a genie in a bathrobe opposite Tilda Swinton, you’ll undoubtedly want to see the new film “Three Thousand Years of Longing.” And just in case the “playing only in movie theaters” tag at the end of the first trailer wasn’t indication enough, […]

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