Popcorn Podcast reviews Three Thousand Years of Longing, iconic Australian director George Miller's first film in seven years. Starring Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba, it tells the story of a lonely scholar on a trip to Istanbul who discovers a Djinn who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom. Find out if Leigh and Tim were enchanted by this fantastical tale of love and loss.

Plus, The Rings of Power takes hold of your hosts; John Krasinski is back in the director's chair with a very different film; and Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey has us oh-bothered. All this and more in a jam-packed episode of Popcorn Podcast with Leigh and Tim.

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THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING MOVIE REVIEW

Tim: We are huge fans of this Australian director, George Miller. His calibre of filmmaking includes the Mad Max series, The Witches of Eastwick—

Leigh: That is an absolute classic. Don't tell me you haven't seen it.

Tim: What, Mad Max?

Leigh: No, The Witches of Eastwick.

Tim: Oh, absolutely I have. I mean, hello?! Cher, Michelle Pfeiffer, Susan Sarandon... Please, would I be a gay man if I hadn't seen that film?

Leigh: Perfect. And then Babe and Happy Feet. 

Tim: And Lorenzo’s Oil. Really mixed genres here. But I love when he plays in this space, specifically.

Leigh: His career is nothing if not eclectic.

Tim: Yes. He's a very dynamic storyteller. The way he moves the camera in subtle and then not-so-subtle ways keeps you alert and very engaged.

Leigh: Sometimes things speed up a little bit, too. You see a lot of that in the trailer. That's why you think his movie is going to be full of that, but it's not. It's used very sparingly.

Tim: I mean, look, he hasn't made a film for seven years. Mad Max: Fury Road – an absolute adventure action classic from 2015 and it is the incarnate of high-octane. So when you compare it to this subtle, gentle story, it just shows his range as a really compelling storyteller.