Lady Macbeth is a 2016 British drama film directed by William Oldroyd, based on the novel Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District by Nikolai Leskov. Set in 19th century rural England, young bride who has been sold into marriage to a middle-aged man discovers an unstoppable desire within herself...
Also ranks #27 on The Best Movies With City in the Title Also ranks #30 on The Best Caper Story Movies 44 Throne of Blood Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Isuzu Yamada 25 votes Akira Kurosawa's Throne of Blood is a haunting adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth set in feudal Japan starring...
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Identifying with the bad guy is one of the top criticisms of Hitchcock as a ‘perverse’ auteur, as well — certainly in ‘Psycho’ with its lengthy, panicked post-murder cleanup scene. In ‘Deep Red,’ Dario Argento delivers the greatest slasher movie of all time because he seriously gr...
36. Throne of Blood (1957) – Kurosawa’s adaptation of Macbeth is the greatest film translation of Shakespeare of all time in that it liberates the story from its theatrical trappings buts retains the grizzly soul, eerie atmosphere and political intrigue. 37. Badlands (1973) – The startling...
Shakespeare Under the Stars: Macbeth Drama Melbourne31 Jan28 Feb 2025 Photograph: Supplied They say you should never speak 'Macbeth' while in a theatre, lest you invite tragedy. The cast of the Australian Shakespeare Company's latest foray into the Scottish Play need not worry about that partic...
The killer moment:Come for the murder, stay for the greatest mime scene in film history: a tennis game with an imaginary ball. Tomris Laffly Read more 30.The Wages of Fear (1953) Film Action and adventure It’s one of the most perfect plot concepts in action cinema: Four desperate men...
Joji excellently uses the dread-filled pandemic atmosphere to create tension. The film might be less gratifying than Pothan’s first two films –Maheshinte PrathikaramandThondimuthalum Driksakshiyu. Yet it’s an intriguing riff on Macbeth, employing a very unique and grounded domestic setting. ...
This is based on Shakespeare’s Macbeth, but call it the samurai version. It’s set in feudal Japan, like so many other Japanese samurai movies. A spirit predicts two samurai warriors’ futures and when the beginning part of that prediction becomes true one of them plans to fulfil the fina...
StarringThe Crown's Emma Corrin andSkins' Jack O'Connell, this Netflix original movie made some importantchanges to the storybut maintained its very –very– sexy essence. Thenaked dance sceneis partly responsible for that, of course.