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  1. Jul 14, 2017 · Lady Macbeth” has the refined, pleasing trappings of a tasteful period piece with the vicious, beating heart of a brutal psychological thriller. You can’t stop watching its beauty, even as you long to look away from its cruelty. Much of the film’s allure comes from its central, powerhouse performance from Florence Pugh. In only her ...

  2. Jul 13, 2017 · Culture. Lady Macbeth Is a Brilliant, Macabre Period Drama. William Oldroyd’s debut film, based on a Russian novel, is a surprising tale of murder and infidelity in rural Victorian England....

    • William Oldroyd
  3. Jul 12, 2017 · Movies are games of moral relativism, though, and Lady Macbeth quickly turns its feminist heroine into something far more disturbing. It’s one thing for a woman to murder overpowerful white ...

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  4. Lady Macbeth is a 2016 British period drama film directed by William Oldroyd and produced by Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly. Written for the screen by Alice Birch, it is based on the 1865 novella Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District by Nikolai Leskov. It stars Florence Pugh, Cosmo Jarvis, Paul Hilton, Naomi Ackie and Christopher Fairbank.

  5. Parents need to know that Lady Macbeth is an enthralling British period drama that deals with adult issues and has moments of strong violence, sex, and some language. Having being sold into a marriage -- with the sole purpose of providing an heir -- Katherine (Florence Pugh) begins an affair with one of the….

    • William Oldroyd
    • Kat Halstead
    • Florence Pugh, Cosmo Jarvis, Paul Hilton
  6. Jul 13, 2017 · Directed by William Oldroyd. Drama, Romance. R. 1h 29m. By Manohla Dargis. July 13, 2017. It takes a while to figure out who the title character in “Lady Macbeth” really is. You may think you...

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  8. Lady Macbeth seems to begin as one thing — a gloomy period tale of oppression and feminist rebellion — but, on the strength of Pugh’s performance, pivots into an even bleaker subversion of that...

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