The Tragedy of Macbeth2021

What a glorious way to adapt a Shakespearean classic, with Joel Coen at the helm (sans brother Ethan for the first time). It's the Macbeth that has all the makings of a theater and cinema juxtaposed at the same time. Every single imagery is art. Its nightmarishly gothic photography by Bruno Delbonnel and Stefan Dechant's production design is so vivid and minimalist personified that it became an essential element to the storytelling. I could live for days with Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand's performance. As any Shakespearean plays, it's tough understanding all the lines but all the actors executed every single word so beautifully and clear that I'm all ears and all eyes the entire time. Editing was sharp and all sequences were perfectly timed and never lost its beat. The last Macbeth film I saw at the cinema almost seven years ago by Justin Kurzel was not as exciting and didn't capture the feel that we want for a Shakespearean tragedy. Coen may have picked up pointers from Kurosawa's Throne of Blood here and it definitely lives up to what an A24 horror film looks like.