Review: ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’ is gripping screen Shakespeare, with Denzel Washington, Frances McDormand and one hell of a witch
by Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
Dec 23, 2021
3 minutes
The early 17th century potboiler “The Tragedy of Macbeth” is the shortest of Shakespeare’s tragedies. Director and adapter Joel Coen, working here without brother Ethan, took on this film version with his wife, Frances McDormand, committed — fully, as if that needed saying — to Lady Macbeth, opposite Denzel Washington as the ruthless warrior who lusts for the crown and goes blood simple in the process.
Stripping “Macbeth” for parts, keeping the focus on the main narrative lines of political assassination and
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