The Tragedy of Macbeth review – Joel Coen’s stripped-down version is beautiful but bloodless | The Tragedy of Macbeth
There is fog but not much filthy air to be found in Joel Coen’s bright, clean, stripped-down Shakespeare adaptation. Directing for the first time without his brother and regular collaborator Ethan, Coen casts Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand as the scheming, murderous couple seeking to secure the Scottish throne. The film has a cold, abstract … Read more