Alarm bells ring when a director stars in the play they are also directing. Even if that director is Sir Kenneth Branagh. Nine times out of ten the production falls flat and the audience are left wondering if ego is to blame. Branagh’s hotly anticipated stab at King Lear is, sadly, no exception.
LaBeouf, 36, is among several of the newest stars to join the cast, according to THR. In addition to him, Coppola s sister Talia Shire and nephew Jason Schwartzman have also landed roles in the movie.
If you’re a Shakespeare nerd and you haven’t seen “The Tragedy of Macbeth” yet, get thee to the Kiggins Theatre, where something wicked that way goes for one more weekend.
“The Tragedy of Macbeth” is a striking evocation of Shakespeare as horror, one that is revelatory in how it forges a new appreciation for the power of the Bard’s words. An atmosphere of foreboding pervades the film right from its opening seconds, where Kathyrn Hunter toggles between different vocal registers over a black screen, first whispering, then going […]