Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare that tells the story of a Scottish nobleman called Macbeth. Macbeth, with his wife Lady Macbeth, plots to become king. The plot of Macbeth contains disturbing ...

Scotland’s bleak mountains seem to sigh in mournful resignation when Macbeth begins reaching for the throne with gore-soaked hands. The general has spilled blood before — artful splashes captured in ...

The death of Yale English Professor Harold Bloom on October 14 brings to an end the career of one of the most prolific and widely read critics in the history of Western letters. Labelled a “colossus” ...

The Highlands are recast as a glowing outback in this extremely stylish and sometimes inspired new version by the director of Snowtown Shakespeare’s tragedy and noir-thriller prototype Macbeth appears ...

Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard star in a dark new adaptation of Shakespeare’s play, directed by the Justin Kurzel. Nicholas Barber takes a look from the Cannes Film Festival. Superstitious ...

Denzel Washington takes on the title character in Joel Coen's Bard-based film, The Tragedy of Macbeth, with murder-minded Lady Macbeth played by Coen's wife, Frances McDormand. This year has had lots ...

Justin Kurzel last won over Cannes with Snowtown, which was a winner in the Critics’ Week section in 2011. Returning in competition with Macbeth, his choice of story is no less bloody but is not the ...