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Australian director Justin Kurzel tackles “Macbeth” with a few narrative tweaks and a whole lot of visceral violence. His film is just devastatingly gorgeous to look at—with a climax soaked in a fiery red that suggests “Macbeth” on Mars—even as it contains individual images that are so graphic, they may cause you to look away.
All those noble, tragic Macbeths -- Orson Welles and Maurice Evans and the others -- look like imposters now, and the king is revealed as a scared kid. No effort has been made to make Macbeth a tragic figure, and his death moves us infinitely less than the murder of Macduff's young son.
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Summaries. Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.
Justin Kurzel’s 2015 film is a joy to watch as the camera rolls over a bleak, misty highland landscape and some authentic medieval sets, including Macbeth’s camp of temporary wooden structures and tents, partly obscured by the murky fog that Lady Macbeth has created with her invocation of the dark forces, with its ‘thick night’ and ...
Read reviews of the very best Macbeth movies below – specifically Roman Polanski’s 1971 Macbeth movie, and Trevor Nunn’s 1978 version of Macbeth on the big screen.
The Tragedy of Macbeth: Directed by Joel Coen. With Denzel Washington, Frances McDormand, Alex Hassell, Bertie Carvel. A Scottish lord becomes convinced by a trio of witches that he will become the next King of Scotland, and his ambitious wife supports him in his plans of seizing power.
