Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth is based on Shakespeare’s Macbeth, which was first published in 1623. The story follows a Scottish general named Macbeth (Washington), who discovers a trio of witches ...

When filmmaker Joel Coen emailed Kathryn Hunter, an actress with deep roots in Shakespeare who has taken revolutionary turns playing the lead roles in the Bard’s King Lear and Timon of Athens, and ...

In The Tragedy of Macbeth, director Joel Coen slashes away at Shakespeare's text, distilling every scene to its furious essence. At 105 minutes, this is a shorter Macbeth movie than most. The ...

He just looks so tired. That’s the first thing you notice about Denzel Washington in “The Tragedy of Macbeth.” Washington, in the title role, portrays Macbeth at first as an exhausted victor in battle ...

New movie The Tragedy of Macbeth has its first look, featuring stars Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand. Based on William Shakespeare's play of the same name, it follows Macbeth (Washington), a ...

Two men, weary and bloody from battle, emerge from a white mist to commune with an old woman on the edge of a mirror-clear pond. In the pond, where she should have a single, dark reflection, there are ...

Orson Welles’ horror-tinged, loose adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s most enduring tragedies returns to Blu-ray in Macbeth: Special Edition (Kino Lorber, not rated, 119 minutes, 1:33:1 aspect ratio, ...

Director Joel Coen's The Tragedy of Macbeth is a bewitching piece of craftsmanship, featuring Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand as the... This 'Macbeth' adaptation distills Shakespeare's tragedy ...

Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand play Shakespeare's famously murderous couple in The Tragedy of Macbeth. In The Tragedy of Macbeth, director Joel Coen slashes away at Shakespeare's text, ...

Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand play Shakespeare's famously murderous couple in The Tragedy of Macbeth. In The Tragedy of Macbeth, director Joel Coen slashes away at Shakespeare's text, ...