I love a good “Macbeth” movie. Orson Welles’ scrappy, noirish 1948 version, Roman Polanski’s Hammer Horrory 1971 approach, Akira Kurosawa’s robustly aestheticized “Throne of Blood” (1957) — all great ...

Polanski wrought “Macbeth” out of deep despair and psychological depression two years after Sharon Tate was murdered. And this very dark and downbeat version of the Shakespeare tragedy shows us what ...

Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow – but the bodies keep piling up today, from the opening battle, to the beheading of the traitor Cawdor, to the – onscreen – murder of Duncan, to the electrifying ...

The law's reach never stretched this far.

Macbeth is a violent interpretation of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy. Set on the Northumberland coast, it is directed by Roman Polanski. Roman Polanski has made two films in Northumberland - Macbeth ...

Where was Macbeth, the upcoming adaptation of William Shakespeare's play that's opening in U.S. theaters Dec. 4, during my high school English class? Directed by Justin Kurzel, Macbeth stars Michael ...

In thunder, lightning, or in rain” — Justin Kurzel’s Macbeth doesn’t open with any of these. In thunder, lightning, or in rain” — Justin Kurzel’s Macbeth doesn’t open with any of these. Nor with three ...