George Miller’s highly anticipated followup to 2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road finds us in the palm of Idris Elba’s hand as he plays a djinn at the disposal of Tilda Swinton, a content academic who stumbles into possession of him. Often centering women and always championing outcasts in his stories, Miller’s Three Thousand Years of Longing is no exception: what results from all the whizzbang is a bewildering and bewitching tale which isn’t so much the familiar cautionary tale against wishing itself, but more of a reflection on what remains when all our wishes have been granted and we’re left to conjure stories in a world where imagination seems to have lost its power. Three Thousand Years of Longing is currently showing at The Charles. Please visit our website at thecharles.com for current and upcoming showtime information and to reserve your seats. Now showing: A Love Song Bodies Bodies. Bodies Burial The Good Boss Marcel The Shell With Shoes On Nope Three Minutes: A Lengthening