Director Christopher V. Edwards puts a mind-bending twist on a Shakespearean classic. Set in the early days of the conflict between Western democracies and the Soviet Union, this re-imagination of The ...

I.ONE PHASE OF MACBETH’S CHARACTER. THERE is one person in that world which Shakespeare has made known to us whose utterances are especially marked by the fine charm of true poetry. From his lips drop ...

With its gorgeously composed shots, the melodic flow of its language, and a story so familiar that it required only half the usual focus to follow, I lost myself in the midst of director Justin Kurzel ...

Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” is a tale of naked ambition and the overwhelming guilt and destruction that springs from pursuing it. It’s also a tale of a vain thane whose descent into madness is driven by ...

It was Macbeth's turn at the fourth edition of Hamara Shakspeare by the Prakriti Foundation. Three evenings at Kalakshetra, the same story was performed, but each time it turned out to be a different ...

Macbeth is already causing a stir, and with good reason. The film's debut at the Cannes film festival was a triumph. If anyone is capable of pulling off the scheming, power-hungry duo comprised of ...

All hail! After a buzzy debut at Cannes in May, Macbeth got its first official teaser trailer on Thursday, June 4, four months before its planned UK theatrical release on Oct. 2. The trailer begins ...

Classic plays don’t require updates or new translations to stay fresh, but if they are indeed classics, they can withstand new interpretations, and occasionally blossom in them. I have seen “Much Ado ...

The Bard is speaking a new language in Kerala. Kathakali exponent Ettumanoor P Kannan, while strictly adhering to the form’s rule book, is staging Shakespearean plays, with emphasis on the characters ...

French actress Marion Cotillard gives Porter the lowdown on her darkest role yet: Lady Macbeth in the new blockbuster, Macbeth. The actress, who covers the glossy’s Winter Issue, told the mag that the ...