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Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth is a triumph of visual storytelling. Starring Denzel Washington as the titular antihero, the faithful but fresh adaptation enlivens the timeless tale for new audiences and scholars of the Bard alike.
There is a Jewish interpretation of the story of Adam and Eve that situates the two back-to-back. Instead of God creating woman from the stolen rib of Adam, the two walk away and split — crack — into separate beings. This is where we now find the Coen brothers, the Jewish filmmaking duo who have… Read More »
Joel Coen’s new version of Shakespeare’s <em>Macbeth</em> presents us with a social tragedy filled with deadly conspiracies and civil strife.
One of postmodernity's greatest temptations is to mutilate, abridge, or transform Shakespeare into something contemporary. Shakespeare is, after all, a man of his time. By modern standards, he's misogynistic ("The Taming of the Shrew"), anti-Semitic
In this edition of Movie DNA, we offer a film history guide to Joel Coen's The Tragedy of Macbeth and recommend other movies like it.