The New York Film Festival press screening of Joel Coen‘s “The Tragedy of Macbeth” (A24) happens on Friday morning. I will, hopefully, make the trek to the big Apple for the world premiere. Several public screenings will happen a few hours later. The trailer for ‘Macbeth’ is being released on Tuesday afternoon.
My expectations are still fairly high for Coen’s film, despite absolutely nobody in the Venice Film Festival committee liking it, neither did Venezia boss Alberto Barbera. They rejected it months before the festival began. That’s a fact.
Polanski’s “MacBeth,” still the essential film adaptation, ran at a cozy and necessary 140 minutes. Coen’s version, which stars Frances McDormand and Denzel Washington, is 105 minutes.