Los Angeles Times

Which ‘Macbeth’ is for you? Depends. How sparse or how bloody do you want it?

Joel Coen’s film adaptation of “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” starring Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand, arrives a mere six years after Justin Kurzel directed Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard ...
Los Angeles Times

Roman Polanski’s ‘Macbeth’ revisited by Criterion Collection

Violent, blood-soaked and filled with nudity, Roman Polanski’s 1971 film version of “Macbeth” was intended to be a cinematic jolt -- a raw, realistic portrayal of medieval power plays that would be ...