Macbeth (2015)
Macbeth is hailed as a Thane of Cawdor and future King by three mysterious witches before they disappear in the mist. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.
3 July 1961, Lewisham, London, England, UK
24 August 1990, Paris, France
1966, Bethnal Green, London, England, UK
July 19, 2016
What's especially stunning about this assured adaptation is that it's Kurzel's second feature, after the stomach-turning Snowtown.
December 11, 2015
This screen adaptation of the famous Scottish play is very Scottish, very bloody and very clever, if inconsistently so.
December 10, 2015
The fundamental problem with this "Macbeth" is that it insists on reducing the mystery of motivation to the pop psychology of a magazine article.
July 14, 2016
You've probably never seen The Scottish Play done quite like this.
August 16, 2016
It screws the viewer's courage to the sticking-place, forcing them to look into corners of themselves they would rather not peer.
December 11, 2015
Director Justin Kurzel seems to have set out to answer the question, "What if the supremely ambitious Thane of Glamis (played here by Michael Fassbender) was a druggie?"
December 11, 2015
"MacBeth" is serious business indeed, and in the hands of director Justin Kurzel, it becomes bloody serious business. Very bloody serious business.
July 31, 2016
As far as justifying yet another version of "Macbeth" to the Brothers Weinstein goes, this ain't a half bad way to do it.
December 10, 2015
It stars Michael Fassbender as the murderous general of infamy and Marion Cotillard as his complicit wife. Two of the world's finest actors, they make a magnetic pair.
June 16, 2016
Too many witches spoil the psychological broth
December 10, 2015
All blood and ice, a stirring, unflinching retelling of Shakespeare's tale of a Scottish thane, his ambitious wife and a terrible deed that haunts them, leaving their hands forever stained.
