Patrick Stewart in the title role! Kate Fleetwood as Lady Macbeth! The title character’s paranoia portrayed as a Stalinist purge that would give Uncle Joe himself a moment’s pause!
The fact no one here bothered to tell me about this makes me think you’re a bunch of jerks. But, since I am not a jerk, I’ll tell those of you who might not have seen this: Goold’s “Macbeth” is on Netflix streaming, as well as Amazon Prime. Go watch it right now.
My only gripe with this adaptation, and it’s one that couldn’t be helped, is that Lady Macbeth is broken so early in the film. Fleetwood’s Lady Macbeth before the assassination is so attractive, and so terrifying, that she absolutely steals every scene she’s in - after the killing, she doesn’t really get anything quite so fun to do. (Though the banquet scene, when she’s trying and failing to hold Macbeth together, comes close). That’s just the way the play works, though.
