The Tragedy of Macbeth follows in the footsteps of Orson Welles's 1948 film, which showed how imagination can turn Shakespeare's text into more than a costume epic With Joel Coen's The Tragedy of Macbeth streaming and in cinemas, I am struck by the way this particular Shakespeare tragedy acts as a magnet for movie-makers. It has obvious attractions: it is short, atmospheric, confronts the nature of evil and is open t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12AM on January 25, 2022