Three Thousand Years of Longing
This film’s director, George Miller, called it “the anti-Mad Max”, the precise opposite of his futurist gonzo action classics. Instead, it’s a wry fantasia, a meditation on stories and myths. Tilda Swinton plays a professor of narratology, who is in Turkey for a conference. She opens a glass bottle in her hotel and a genie comes out: Idris Elba, keen to grant her a wish or two.
• 2 September. All release dates are UK and subject to change
