Sound and fury, signifying something: what made Macbeth so popular in 2023?
Ralph Fiennes and David Tennant are among the stars playing Shakespeare’s Thane this year. Might the tragedy’s current popularity have something to do with the Tory government?
January 2022
Macbeth movies have been foul and fair – Joel Coen’s is a stunner
The Tragedy of Macbeth follows in the footsteps of Orson Welles’s bold 1948 film, which showed how imagination can turn Shakespeare’s text into more than just a costume epic
March 2019
Steve Rose on film
‘Difficult second album syndrome’: why auteurs struggle to follow their debut
Just like the follow-up to Donnie Darko, David Robert Mitchell’s Under the Silver Lake fails to live up to its acclaimed predecessor
December 2015
Film blog
And the Braddie goes to … Peter Bradshaw's favourite films of the year
Awards season has awoken again, and it’s time for my personal award category list of the best films this year. Here, in no particular order, are this year’s “Braddies”…
Carol leads nominations for UK Critics' Circle awards
Todd Haynes’s forbidden-romance drama emerges as main contender, with seven nods, followed by 45 Years, Mad Max, The Revenant and Steve Jobs
Revealed: the ruthless power seekers of ancient Rome who inspired Lady Macbeth
Tale of a pushy wife driving her husband to seize the throne goes back millennia, claims researcher
November 2015
Toast of London reviews Michael Fassbender’s Macbeth: 'Utterly, utterly dreadful'
Box office analysis: UK
Katniss off target as Mockingjay – Part 2 trails Part 1 at UK box office
The Lobster on a roll with seven British independent film awards nominations
Elizabeth Debicki on Hollywood: 'I don’t think I even really dreamed of this'
October 2015
Box office analysis: UK
The Martian still marooned at the top of the UK box office
Box office analysis: UK
The Martian blasts off with biggest UK box-office opening since July
Macbeth review – a spittle-flecked Shakespearean war film
Macbeth review – a Shakespearean noir-thriller soaked with operatic verve
Macbeth – video review
The Guardian film show
The Guardian film show: The Martian, The Walk, Macbeth and The Intern – video reviews
September 2015
The Guardian profile
Michael Fassbender: fearless performer with a craftsman's approach to the art of acting
His three forthcoming films – Assassin’s Creed, Macbeth and Steve Jobs – function as a sort of cross-section of where the extraordinarily diverse actor now finds himself
Macbeth director Justin Kurzel: ‘You’re getting close to evil’
The Australian film-maker on death, grief, madness and the moment when he nearly lost Marion Cotillard in a Scottish bog
Michael Fassbender in Macbeth: watch an exclusive clip of the new Shakespeare adaptation - video
Watch a clip of Macbeth, the new film of Shakespeare’s celebrated Scottish-set play, featuring Michael Fassbender as the usurping king, and Marion Cotillard as his co-conspirator, Lady Macbeth
July 2015
And the Oscar may go to … 40 key movies in contention for 2016 awards
Think you’re in peak summer blockbuster season? Think again! Next week the first big programme announcements from the autumn festivals begin, turning our focus to the winners of next spring’s film awards
