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‘We’re hardwired for stories’: Mad Max director George Miller on myths, medicine and a pointy-eared Idris Elba

Miller has made a dazzling variety of films in his 50 year career and his latest, featuring Elba as a djinn alongside Tilda Swinton, is as strange as any of them. But would he rather have stayed a doctor?

The Guardian - UK

Morning mail: Morrison accused of bias, Tasmanian statue to fall, Australian homes too cold

Tuesday: Scott Morrison’s use of extraordinary ministerial powers to block a controversial gas project faces a legal challenge. Plus: a survey of homes has found which states are too humid and too cold

The Guardian - AU

‘It’s absolutely disgusting’: watching George Miller’s rarely seen first film

In Violence in the Cinema, Part 1, an academic delivers a speech on brutality in film while he suffers – and commits – various violent acts

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Commonwealth Games 2022: Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix eyes second gold plus netball and cricket semis

England will be seeking to add to their medal haul on Saturday at the Commonwealth Games

The Independent UK

Laura Muir into second final as George Miller and Marfa Ekimova claim gold

It was another successful day for the home nations at the Commonwealth Games.

The Independent UK

Scotland’s George Miller becomes oldest Commonwealth gold medallist at 75

George Miller encouraged people of all ages to ‘get out there’ and pick up sports after winning bowls gold at the age of 75

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s a dream’: George Miller becomes oldest Commonwealth Games medallist as Scotland clinch bowls gold

The 75-year-old has set his sights on extending the record in four years when Victoria hosts the Games

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At 75, Scotland's George Miller becomes oldest medallist in CWG history

BIRMINGHAM: George Miller, 75 years and eights months old, on Friday became the oldest player to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games when he bagged the mixed pairs gold in lawn bowls for Scotland.

The Times of India

George Miller, 75, becomes oldest gold medallist in Commonwealth Games history

Miller, who is lead director for partially-sighted team-mate Melanie Inness, succeeds his para-bowls team-mate, 72-year-old Rosemary Lenton

The Independent UK

Film show: George Miller conjures up 'Three Thousand Years of Longing'

Idris Elba is the genie in a bottle in this tale of tales, starring alongside Tilda Swinton in George Miller’s latest fantastical movie. Film critic Lisa Nesselson tells us why despite its charms, “Three Thousand Years of Longing” failed to grant her cinematic wishes.

France 24

Melbourne international film festival 2022: 10 movies to see, from Crimes of the Future to new George Miller

Miff’s 70th edition offers 371 titles from all over the globe – including 18 world premieres

The Guardian - AU

College sports and the cover-up industry

Third-party investigation of college abuse scandals: A dubious industry whose main job is to limit the damage

Salon

‘Something is coming’: Mad Max prequel Furiosa starts filming in outback NSW

Cast and crew have turned New South Wales towns into outback movie lots, as filming officially begins on the Mad Max prequel Furiosa.

The New Daily

A TikTok contretemps, and a delicious eat-the-rich satire, at Cannes

CANNES, France — The last time director George Miller brought a new movie to Cannes was in 2015, when his exhilarating "Mad Max: Fury Road" took the festival by (dust) storm. The movie played outside the main competition, as most Hollywood blockbusters at Cannes do. But as more than one…

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The New Daily

‘Eccentric fantasy’: Mad Max director George Miller takes bizarre turn with new movie

Three Thousand Years of Longing earned its director, cast and crew a six-minute standing ovation after its world premiere at Cannes on Friday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tilda Swinton Says Stories are Vital as New Fantasy Film Hits Cannes

Tilda Swinton said Saturday that the world needs stories more than ever as her fantastical new fable "Three Thousand Years of Longing", from "Mad Max" creator George Miller, premiered at Cannes. Swinton plays an academic who releases a djinn (played by British star Idris Elba) from a bottle she finds…

Evening Standard

Cannes Film Festival: Three Thousand Years of Longing review - A fantastical, lurid fairytale

Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton weave lavish tales spanning millennia from the confines of a hotel room in George Miller’s latest offering

The Independent UK

Veering from Mad Max, George Miller debuts '3,000 Years'

It’s taken a lot of time and a good deal of yearning for Australian director George Miller to make “Three Thousand Years of Longing,” his long-awaited follow-up to “Mad Max: Fury Road.”

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The Guardian - UK

Film about a genie starring Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton is partly true, says director at Cannes

George Miller reveals the inside story of his big-screen premiere, Three Thousand Years of Longing, based on an AS Byatt story

The Guardian - UK

Three Thousand Years of Longing review – Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba in Mad Max: fairy overload

George Miller’s belated followup to 2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road is a consciously unfashionable fantasy about a wary academic and a chatty genie that may leave you wishing for more

Dynamite News

Cannes 2022: Topless woman protests at the red carpet against sexual violence in Ukraine, says 'Stop raping us'

A semi-naked lady protestor had to be removed from the Cannes red carpet on Friday after she protested over sexual violence against women in Ukraine. Watch video on Dynamite News:

The Independent UK

Protester crashes Cannes carpet at George Miller premiere

A woman who stripped off her clothes to reveal a message written on her body has crashed the Cannes Film Festival red carpet premiere of George Miller’s “Three Thousand Years of Longing.”

Daily Record

Ayrshire bowlers will swell Scottish ranks for Commonwealth Games gold medal hunt

Paul Foster MBE, Claire Johnston, Hannah Smith, Garry Hood and George Miller have all been named in the squad as the national side once again sets its sights on golden glory.

Ballotpedia

More results from Tuesday’s primaries

Welcome to the Thursday, May 12, Brew.

The Guardian - UK

Tom Cruise, Kristen Stewart, Anne Hathaway – and Elvis – set for Cannes film festival

The full lineup for the 75th edition of the French festival has been unveiled, with new films from David Cronenberg, Park Chan-wook and Kelly Reichardt competing for the Palme d’Or

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