You would not call Eileen Dunlop “innocent.” A twentysomething with a little college under her belt — even if she’d hadn’t dropped out when her mom died, she still would have become a secretary, what with this being the early 1960s and all — Eileen has her hands full taking care of her permanently drunk, ex-cop dad. She works at a prison for juvenile offenders in a blue-collar Massachusetts burg. If she spies a couple in a car parked near hers, she may shove a fistful of snow down the front of her skirt.
- 12/2/2023
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI, and sign up for our weekly email newsletter by clicking here.NEWSOn the Adamant.The Berlinale wrapped up over the weekend. The Golden Bear was awarded to Nicolas Philibert’s On the Adamant, while other major prizes went to Christian Petzold, Philippe Garrel, Angela Schanelec, and Dp Hélène Louvart. You can browse the full list of winners on Notebook, and keep your eyes peeled for our reports.In other festival news: Ruben Östlund will preside over this year’s Cannes jury, and the full lineup has been unveiled for Film at Lincoln Center and MoMA’s New Directors/New Films.The pioneering Senegalese filmmaker Safi Faye—the first African woman to make a commercially distributed feature film—died last week at the age of 80. Writer and programmer Yasmina Price recently surfaced a thread of archival material,...
- 2/28/2023
- MUBI
Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.
2nd Chance (Ramin Bahrani)
It’s an eerie image. Richard Davis stands out in a field, wearing a kevlar vest, and points a pistol into his belly. Then he pulls the trigger, skips back a bit, and checks his red-burned skin. Over the course of his life, he would do this—shoot himself—192 times, proving the efficacy of his life-saving device in the most visceral and operatic way possible. “A lot of people think I’m stupid for doing this,” he tells the camera before one of these high-wire demonstrations, and for just a moment, an air of unpredictability hangs over this bullet-proof vest magnate’s next move. – Jake K. (full review)
Where to Stream: VOD
Devotion (J.D. Dillard)
Devotion adheres to...
2nd Chance (Ramin Bahrani)
It’s an eerie image. Richard Davis stands out in a field, wearing a kevlar vest, and points a pistol into his belly. Then he pulls the trigger, skips back a bit, and checks his red-burned skin. Over the course of his life, he would do this—shoot himself—192 times, proving the efficacy of his life-saving device in the most visceral and operatic way possible. “A lot of people think I’m stupid for doing this,” he tells the camera before one of these high-wire demonstrations, and for just a moment, an air of unpredictability hangs over this bullet-proof vest magnate’s next move. – Jake K. (full review)
Where to Stream: VOD
Devotion (J.D. Dillard)
Devotion adheres to...
- 1/13/2023
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The British period drama is an institution. And a billion pound industry built on bonnets and breeches, which has been the cornerstone of British cinema since its birth in the dark old days of black and white film, inter-titles, and live musical accompaniment. The formula is an enduring and profitable one: toffs, scenery, and romance; from Pride and Prejudice, remade countless times for film and television, to Downton Abbey, the TV ratings juggernaut about gentry versus plebs. And I’ll confess, I’ve never been a fan of the bonnet-buster. Underneath the genre’s staples of intricately laced corsets and refined manners, it could be argued there has always been a deep-seated moral conservatism and provincial outlook, which has stifled cinematic reinvention and boundary-pushing drama within the landscape of ubiquitous country piles and windswept moors.
Lady Macbeth dares to be different. Very different, in fact. William Oldroyd the British theatre director,...
Lady Macbeth dares to be different. Very different, in fact. William Oldroyd the British theatre director,...
- 2/16/2018
- by Thomas Salmon
- The Cultural Post
As our countdown enters its final stages, Florence Pugh’s sphinxlike anti-heroine revolts against marriage and the wider balance of race, sex, power and class in this powerfully subversive film
• More best culture of 2017
Sex, power, race and class – it’s hard to think, offhand, of a recent movie which has brought these factors together so closely, so pungently and so subversively. William Oldroyd’s smart, spare, low-budget Brit indie Lady Macbeth is based on Nikolai Leskov’s 1865 novella Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District. It is adapted by playwright Alice Birch, and transposed from Russia to the rugged English north-east; it has already famously been adapted by Shostakovich as the opera which got him into serious trouble with Stalin and as a film by Andrzej Wajda. Behind it all is Shakespeare’s play and perhaps the most brilliant female character he ever wrote: the perpetrator and instigator of an act of criminal daring.
• More best culture of 2017
Sex, power, race and class – it’s hard to think, offhand, of a recent movie which has brought these factors together so closely, so pungently and so subversively. William Oldroyd’s smart, spare, low-budget Brit indie Lady Macbeth is based on Nikolai Leskov’s 1865 novella Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District. It is adapted by playwright Alice Birch, and transposed from Russia to the rugged English north-east; it has already famously been adapted by Shostakovich as the opera which got him into serious trouble with Stalin and as a film by Andrzej Wajda. Behind it all is Shakespeare’s play and perhaps the most brilliant female character he ever wrote: the perpetrator and instigator of an act of criminal daring.
- 12/11/2017
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
A French agricultural thriller, a Bulgarian blast of urban realism and a British adaptation of a 19th century Russian literary classic are among this year's nominees for the European Discovery prize, the best first-film award presented by the European Film Academy.
The Efa on Thursday revealed the five nominees for this year's Discovery honor, which include Hubert Charuel's Bloody Milk, a thriller set in the French countryside; Ralitza Petrova's Godless, a noir-ish depiction of impoverished brutality in small-town Bulgaria; and William Oldroyd's Lady Macbeth, which transfers the story of the original desperate housewife from Nikolai Leskov's...
The Efa on Thursday revealed the five nominees for this year's Discovery honor, which include Hubert Charuel's Bloody Milk, a thriller set in the French countryside; Ralitza Petrova's Godless, a noir-ish depiction of impoverished brutality in small-town Bulgaria; and William Oldroyd's Lady Macbeth, which transfers the story of the original desperate housewife from Nikolai Leskov's...
- 10/19/2017
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The dark, dangerous, Rotten Tomatoes Certified Fresh™ twisted thriller, Lady Macbeth, arrives on Digital HD October 3 and on DVD and On Demand October 17 from Lionsgate. Up-and-comer Florence Pugh smolders as a young woman in a loveless marriage who embarks on a passionate and forbidden affair, which unleashes an unquenchable thirst for power within her. The “jaw-dropping debut” (Rolling Stone) of theater director William Oldroyd, and written by Alice Birch, Lady Macbeth is adapted from Nikolai Leskov’s 1865 novel “Lady Macbeth of Mtsenk” and is what Indiewire compares to “Alfred Hitchcock directing Wuthering Heights.” The Lady Macbeth DVD includes a behind-the-scenes featurette and will be available for the suggested retail price of $19.98.
Now you can own Lady MacBeth on DVD. We Are Movie Geeks has four copies to give away. All you have to do is leave a comment answering this question: What is your favorite movie with the word ‘Lady’ in the title?...
Now you can own Lady MacBeth on DVD. We Are Movie Geeks has four copies to give away. All you have to do is leave a comment answering this question: What is your favorite movie with the word ‘Lady’ in the title?...
- 10/11/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
New to Streaming: ‘Dawson City: Frozen Time,’ ‘Marjorie Prime,’ ‘Lady Macbeth,’ ‘Landline,’ and More
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit platforms. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.
Abundant Acreage Available (Angus MacLachlan)
Faith-based cinema is as diverse a genre as there is, from the extreme, often violent portraits of devotion from established directors like Martin Scorsese and Mel Gibson, to the attacks on logic in the God’s Not Dead and Left Behind pictures. Angus MacLachlan, a great storyteller of the not-too-deep south, offers a nuanced example of what this genre can bring, returning with the moving Abundant Acreage Available.
Abundant Acreage Available (Angus MacLachlan)
Faith-based cinema is as diverse a genre as there is, from the extreme, often violent portraits of devotion from established directors like Martin Scorsese and Mel Gibson, to the attacks on logic in the God’s Not Dead and Left Behind pictures. Angus MacLachlan, a great storyteller of the not-too-deep south, offers a nuanced example of what this genre can bring, returning with the moving Abundant Acreage Available.
- 10/6/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The dark, dangerous, Rotten Tomatoes Certified Fresh™ twisted thriller, Lady Macbeth, arrives on Digital HD October 3 and on DVD and On Demand October 17 from Lionsgate. Up-and-comer Florence Pugh smolders as a young woman in a loveless marriage who embarks on a passionate and forbidden affair, which unleashes an unquenchable thirst for power within her. The “jaw-dropping debut” (Rolling Stone) of theater director William Oldroyd, and written by Alice Birch, Lady Macbeth is adapted from Nikolai Leskov’s 1865 novel “Lady Macbeth of Mtsenk” and is what Indiewire compares to “Alfred Hitchcock directing Wuthering Heights.” The Lady Macbeth DVD includes a behind-the-scenes featurette and will be available for the suggested retail price of $19.98.
Lust, power, and murder meet in this sexy, critically acclaimed thriller. Rural England, 1865. Katherine (Florence Pugh) is stifled by her loveless marriage to a bitter man twice her age, whose family is cold and unforgiving. When she embarks on...
Lust, power, and murder meet in this sexy, critically acclaimed thriller. Rural England, 1865. Katherine (Florence Pugh) is stifled by her loveless marriage to a bitter man twice her age, whose family is cold and unforgiving. When she embarks on...
- 9/27/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Stars: Florence Pugh, Cosmo Jarvis, Paul Hilton, Naomi Ackie, Christopher Fairbank, Golda Rosheuvel, Bill Fellows, Ian Conningham | Written by Nikolai Leskov, Alice Birch | Directed by William Oldroyd
Anybody who had to do Macbeth at school know the enigmatic Lady Macbeth, and what her part was in the play. This version though, based on Nikolai Leskov’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk is not a tale of insanity, but of pure selfish evil.
In rural England 1865, Katherine (Florence Pugh) is stuck in her loveless marriage to a bitter man who holds no love for her. When he and his father leave her alone on the estate, she falls for a young worker Sabastian (Cosmo Jarvis). With the risk of her affair being revealed, what ends will she go to in order to protect herself?
The character of Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare’s play is interesting because of the downfall of her character.
Anybody who had to do Macbeth at school know the enigmatic Lady Macbeth, and what her part was in the play. This version though, based on Nikolai Leskov’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk is not a tale of insanity, but of pure selfish evil.
In rural England 1865, Katherine (Florence Pugh) is stuck in her loveless marriage to a bitter man who holds no love for her. When he and his father leave her alone on the estate, she falls for a young worker Sabastian (Cosmo Jarvis). With the risk of her affair being revealed, what ends will she go to in order to protect herself?
The character of Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare’s play is interesting because of the downfall of her character.
- 8/30/2017
- by Paul Metcalf
- Nerdly
Florence Pugh in Lady MacBeth. Photo credit: Roadside Attractions (c)
Director William Oldroyd’s Lady MacBeth is not Shakespeare but it is certainly Shakespearean in its bloody mix of murder and sex. The story is not about Shakespeare’s murderously ambitious character but is based on a 19th century Russian novel, “Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District” by Nikolai Leskov, inspired by Shakespeare. The novel focuses on 19th century society’s strict constraints on women, driving one woman to mad, extreme measures, but this brilliant, gripping thriller of a film takes it further, into questions of class and race.
A powerful performance by beautiful Florence Pugh is sure to keep audiences on the edge of their seats. This costume drama is anything but restrained, apart from the corsets and the strict limits placed on women of the era, and anything but typical of the genteel genre. Director William Oldroyd makes...
Director William Oldroyd’s Lady MacBeth is not Shakespeare but it is certainly Shakespearean in its bloody mix of murder and sex. The story is not about Shakespeare’s murderously ambitious character but is based on a 19th century Russian novel, “Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District” by Nikolai Leskov, inspired by Shakespeare. The novel focuses on 19th century society’s strict constraints on women, driving one woman to mad, extreme measures, but this brilliant, gripping thriller of a film takes it further, into questions of class and race.
A powerful performance by beautiful Florence Pugh is sure to keep audiences on the edge of their seats. This costume drama is anything but restrained, apart from the corsets and the strict limits placed on women of the era, and anything but typical of the genteel genre. Director William Oldroyd makes...
- 7/28/2017
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Chicago - Separating a performance from the rest of the film is usually an easy task. One may be stronger than the other, or vice versa, but either way, they can be judged individually and as a whole. “Lady Macbeth” proves to be that rare character study where a single performance (from breakout actress Florence Pugh) not only makes the film but essentially is the film.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
Alice Birch adapts Nikolai Leskov’s novel of the same name but adds a new perspective to the story. Birch doesn’t shy away from showing the unsympathetic darkness inside of Katherine but instead counters it by showing scenes of happiness and giving reasons for her actions. The story is so compellingly told that most of the audience will side with Katherine and be willing to overlook all of her misdeeds up until the last one. Like the film’s namesake, Katherine’s...
Rating: 4.0/5.0
Alice Birch adapts Nikolai Leskov’s novel of the same name but adds a new perspective to the story. Birch doesn’t shy away from showing the unsympathetic darkness inside of Katherine but instead counters it by showing scenes of happiness and giving reasons for her actions. The story is so compellingly told that most of the audience will side with Katherine and be willing to overlook all of her misdeeds up until the last one. Like the film’s namesake, Katherine’s...
- 7/24/2017
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
If you don’t recognize Florence Pugh‘s name now, you can bet within the next year or two you will. The 21-year-old actress has been earning rave reviews for her breakout role in William Oldroyd’s adaptation of “Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District” by Nikolai Leskov since it premiered at the 2016 Toronto Film Festival. Pugh has the onscreen charisma and public candor of a British Jennifer Lawrence (all in the best way possible) and has already filmed Stephen Merchant’s wrestling flick “Fighting With My Family” opposite Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Lena Headey.
Continue reading ‘Lady Macbeth’ And ‘Fighting With My Family’s’ Florence Pugh Says Watching ‘Glow’ Made Her “Emotional” at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Lady Macbeth’ And ‘Fighting With My Family’s’ Florence Pugh Says Watching ‘Glow’ Made Her “Emotional” at The Playlist.
- 7/19/2017
- by Gregory Ellwood
- The Playlist
Florence Pugh is mesmerizing in “Lady Macbeth,” first-time director Wiliam Oldroyd’s adaptation of Nikolai Leskov’s “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk.” Set in Victorian London, Pugh plays Lady Katherine, a young woman bought by an older man (an electrifyingly sadistic Christopher Fairbank) who is then forced into marriage with his shallow son Alexander (a gloomily nasty Paul Hilton).
Continue reading ‘Lady Macbeth’ Director William Oldroyd Talks Going From Theater To Cinema & Shooting A Movie In 24 Days [Interview] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Lady Macbeth’ Director William Oldroyd Talks Going From Theater To Cinema & Shooting A Movie In 24 Days [Interview] at The Playlist.
- 7/19/2017
- by Jordan Ruimy
- The Playlist
Not to be mistaken by William Shakespeare’s creation, Lady MacBeth is adapted from the 1865 novel, Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, by Nikolai Leskov. This is not your run...
- 7/14/2017
- by Jazz Tangcay
- AwardsDaily.com
“Lady Macbeth” is neither a Shakespearean re-working nor a bodice-and-bonnets drama in the vein of Merchant-Ivory fare. It features a striking lead performance, but it ultimately leaves the viewer unmoved, and possibly confounded. Based on the 1865 novella “Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk” by Nikolai Leskov, the sensibility is far more modern than the period it’s set in. The book was adapted into a 1934 Shostakovich opera that Stalin banned for being too subversive. Adapted by screenwriter Alice Birch and director William Oldroyd, both of whom have stage backgrounds, the film has an austere, theatrical quality, confined mostly to one...
- 7/13/2017
- by Claudia Puig
- The Wrap
No need to brush up your Shakespeare to feel the thunderbolts coursing through Lady Macbeth. Florence Pugh, in a performance that will soon be legendary, is not playing the Scottish Queen who can't wash the blood off her hands. It's northern England where director William Oldroyd (in a sensational feature directing debut) has chosen to set his tale, adapted by playwright Alice Birch from an 1865 Russian novel by Nikolai Leskov called Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District.
Confused? Let Pugh be your guide – she'll grab you from Scene One. The 21-year-old British powerhouse plays Katherine,...
Confused? Let Pugh be your guide – she'll grab you from Scene One. The 21-year-old British powerhouse plays Katherine,...
- 7/12/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Lady MacBeth Roadside Attractions Director: William Oldroyd Written by: Alice Birch. Adapted from the novella “Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District” by Nikolai Leskov Cast: Florence Pugh, Cosmo Jarvis, Paul Hilton, Naomi Ackie, Christopher Fairbank Screened at: Review 2, NYC, 6/14/17 Opens: July 14, 2017 If you read Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” and were particularly mesmerized by […]
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- 7/10/2017
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Lady MacBeth..
With school students on holiday around the country, it was no surprise to see Despicable Me 3 seize the top spot at Australian cinemas last weekend, while Transformers: The Last Knight nosedived.
The House, notionally a comedy starring Amy Poehler and Will Ferrell as a couple who persuade a friend to set up a casino in his half-empty mansion so they can send their daughter to college, failed dismally, mirroring the Us debut.
Lady MacBeth and Monsieur Chocolat struggled on debut despite glowing reviews, continuing a generally grim run for independent releases this year.
Transmission.s Lion, eOne.s La La Land (with a lot of help from its six Oscars) and A Dog.s Purpose have been among the handful of indie break-outs.
Wallis Cinemas. Bob Parr told If, .I constantly get people saying we don.t want to see all these loud action movies but there isn.t anything else.
With school students on holiday around the country, it was no surprise to see Despicable Me 3 seize the top spot at Australian cinemas last weekend, while Transformers: The Last Knight nosedived.
The House, notionally a comedy starring Amy Poehler and Will Ferrell as a couple who persuade a friend to set up a casino in his half-empty mansion so they can send their daughter to college, failed dismally, mirroring the Us debut.
Lady MacBeth and Monsieur Chocolat struggled on debut despite glowing reviews, continuing a generally grim run for independent releases this year.
Transmission.s Lion, eOne.s La La Land (with a lot of help from its six Oscars) and A Dog.s Purpose have been among the handful of indie break-outs.
Wallis Cinemas. Bob Parr told If, .I constantly get people saying we don.t want to see all these loud action movies but there isn.t anything else.
- 7/3/2017
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Rising British star Florence Pugh electrifies as a teenage bride stuck in a suffocating marriage in William Oldroyd’s heady feature debut
The Russian author Nikolai Leskov’s lurid Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District was first published in Dostoevsky’s Epoch magazine in 1865, and has inspired varied adaptations ranging from a 1934 Russian opera by Shostakovich to Polish director Andrzej Wajda’s 1962 film Siberian Lady Macbeth. This latest incarnation transfers the twisted passions of the source material to the rugged landscapes of Victorian-era north-east England, where repression and rebellion conjoin in a heady cocktail of lust, intrigue and murder. In the process, Lady Macbeth both cements rising star Florence Pugh’s deserved reputation as one of the UK’s most exciting screen talents and announces theatre graduate William Oldroyd as a film director of immense promise.
Written with razor-sharp wit by playwright Alice Birch (also making her feature debut), the...
The Russian author Nikolai Leskov’s lurid Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District was first published in Dostoevsky’s Epoch magazine in 1865, and has inspired varied adaptations ranging from a 1934 Russian opera by Shostakovich to Polish director Andrzej Wajda’s 1962 film Siberian Lady Macbeth. This latest incarnation transfers the twisted passions of the source material to the rugged landscapes of Victorian-era north-east England, where repression and rebellion conjoin in a heady cocktail of lust, intrigue and murder. In the process, Lady Macbeth both cements rising star Florence Pugh’s deserved reputation as one of the UK’s most exciting screen talents and announces theatre graduate William Oldroyd as a film director of immense promise.
Written with razor-sharp wit by playwright Alice Birch (also making her feature debut), the...
- 4/30/2017
- by Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
- The Guardian - Film News
MaryAnn’s quick take… An astonishing tale of privilege and power: stark, searing, and brutal, almost a Victorian companion to Get Out. Florence Pugh is a force of nature. I’m “biast” (pro): I’m desperate for stories about women
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
I have not read the source material (but I have read a synopsis of it)
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
This is not yer typical costume drama. This is not a costume drama like we’ve ever seen before. This is not tea with the vicar and genteel walks in the countryside; it’s not even Austenly headstrong young women who crave independence or at least romance with a well-matched partner. Lady Macbeth is as stark and searing and brutal as its cold, windswept north-of-England setting. It is, in some ways, a costume-drama accompaniment to Get Out, a tale of privilege and power,...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
I have not read the source material (but I have read a synopsis of it)
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
This is not yer typical costume drama. This is not a costume drama like we’ve ever seen before. This is not tea with the vicar and genteel walks in the countryside; it’s not even Austenly headstrong young women who crave independence or at least romance with a well-matched partner. Lady Macbeth is as stark and searing and brutal as its cold, windswept north-of-England setting. It is, in some ways, a costume-drama accompaniment to Get Out, a tale of privilege and power,...
- 4/28/2017
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Author: Competitions
To celebrate the release Lady Macbeth (the directorial debut from William Oldroyd and starring Florence Pugh) in UK cinemas on April 28, we are giving 3 of you the chance to win a signed poster from the film and a copy of Nikolai Leskov’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District And Other Stories, the classic novella on which the film is based.
The film is a British retelling of the Russian novella Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District And Other Stories in which Florence Pugh takes the lead as Katherine, a beautiful, determined and merciless young woman seizing her independence in a world dominated by men. When she embarks on a passionate affair with a young worker on her husband’s estate, a force is unleashed inside her so powerful that she will stop at nothing to get what she wants.
Please note: This competition is open to UK residents only...
To celebrate the release Lady Macbeth (the directorial debut from William Oldroyd and starring Florence Pugh) in UK cinemas on April 28, we are giving 3 of you the chance to win a signed poster from the film and a copy of Nikolai Leskov’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District And Other Stories, the classic novella on which the film is based.
The film is a British retelling of the Russian novella Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District And Other Stories in which Florence Pugh takes the lead as Katherine, a beautiful, determined and merciless young woman seizing her independence in a world dominated by men. When she embarks on a passionate affair with a young worker on her husband’s estate, a force is unleashed inside her so powerful that she will stop at nothing to get what she wants.
Please note: This competition is open to UK residents only...
- 4/28/2017
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
With a standout performance by Florence Pugh, the excellent Lady Macbeth lands in UK cinemas today. Here's our review...
William Oldroyd’s astoundingly assured debut Lady Macbeth may be devoid of any Shakespearean lineage, but this unconventional Victorian chamber piece is just as scintillating as its Scottish namesake. Shrewdly adapted from Nikolai Leskov’s 1865 Russian novella Lady Macbeth Of The Mtsensk, British playwright and first time screenwriter Alice Birch relocates the stiflingly patriarchal proceedings to a sequestered moor in rural England.
Forced into a loveless marriage with a man twice her age in order to pay off a family debt, Katherine (Florence Pugh) is reluctantly under the domineering keep of her impotent husband (Paul Hilton) and equally acrimonious father-in-law (Christopher Fairbank). Limited to the soulless confines of their stately yet draughty manor, Katherine is practically forbade any semblance of freedom, and the young bride’s daily interactions are restricted to...
William Oldroyd’s astoundingly assured debut Lady Macbeth may be devoid of any Shakespearean lineage, but this unconventional Victorian chamber piece is just as scintillating as its Scottish namesake. Shrewdly adapted from Nikolai Leskov’s 1865 Russian novella Lady Macbeth Of The Mtsensk, British playwright and first time screenwriter Alice Birch relocates the stiflingly patriarchal proceedings to a sequestered moor in rural England.
Forced into a loveless marriage with a man twice her age in order to pay off a family debt, Katherine (Florence Pugh) is reluctantly under the domineering keep of her impotent husband (Paul Hilton) and equally acrimonious father-in-law (Christopher Fairbank). Limited to the soulless confines of their stately yet draughty manor, Katherine is practically forbade any semblance of freedom, and the young bride’s daily interactions are restricted to...
- 4/27/2017
- Den of Geek
Florence Pugh is lethally charismatic in William Oldroyd’s daring journey into the darkest corners of the world of bonnets and bows
William Oldroyd’s fierce feature debut feels like Victorian noir, a twist on a genre probably invented by Shakespeare in the first place. It could well open up a dark new avenue in the bonnets-and-bows world of classic literary adaptation. His movie does an awful lot with a limited budget. It is smart, sexy, dour: qualities that are weaponised by a lethally charismatic lead performance from Florence Pugh as the eponymous, unrepentant killer. She is both sphinx and minx. “You have no idea of the damage you can cause,” her enraged father-in-law splutters at her. Actually, he’s the one with no idea.
Dramatist and screenwriter Alice Birch has adapted Nikolai Leskov’s 1865 novel Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, itself of course inspired by Shakespeare’s Macbeth,...
William Oldroyd’s fierce feature debut feels like Victorian noir, a twist on a genre probably invented by Shakespeare in the first place. It could well open up a dark new avenue in the bonnets-and-bows world of classic literary adaptation. His movie does an awful lot with a limited budget. It is smart, sexy, dour: qualities that are weaponised by a lethally charismatic lead performance from Florence Pugh as the eponymous, unrepentant killer. She is both sphinx and minx. “You have no idea of the damage you can cause,” her enraged father-in-law splutters at her. Actually, he’s the one with no idea.
Dramatist and screenwriter Alice Birch has adapted Nikolai Leskov’s 1865 novel Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, itself of course inspired by Shakespeare’s Macbeth,...
- 4/27/2017
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Author: Stefan Pape
Adapted from the Nikolai Leskov novella, Lady Macbeth protagonist Katherine follows on from other nuanced heroines that adorn a privileged class period landscape, comparable to the likes of Madame Bovary or Anna Karenina in how we studiously linger over the suffocation of the female lead, restricted, bored, oppressed both socially and sexually – and this William Oldroyd offering is no less dark than the aforementioned classics.
Set in the 19th century, Florence Pugh plays the eponymous protagonist; a young bride who is sold into the marriage of the middle-aged Alexander (Paul Hilton), who expects very little of his new wife other than to stand naked before him, and avoid going outside and enjoying any semblance of freedom. Conversing with very few people other than the housemaid Anna (Naomi Ackie), and remaining mostly confined within these soulless walls of their grandiose abode, she finds herself longing for the affections...
Adapted from the Nikolai Leskov novella, Lady Macbeth protagonist Katherine follows on from other nuanced heroines that adorn a privileged class period landscape, comparable to the likes of Madame Bovary or Anna Karenina in how we studiously linger over the suffocation of the female lead, restricted, bored, oppressed both socially and sexually – and this William Oldroyd offering is no less dark than the aforementioned classics.
Set in the 19th century, Florence Pugh plays the eponymous protagonist; a young bride who is sold into the marriage of the middle-aged Alexander (Paul Hilton), who expects very little of his new wife other than to stand naked before him, and avoid going outside and enjoying any semblance of freedom. Conversing with very few people other than the housemaid Anna (Naomi Ackie), and remaining mostly confined within these soulless walls of their grandiose abode, she finds herself longing for the affections...
- 4/24/2017
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Lady Macbeth—a constrained, choked-up chamber piece from British director William Oldroyd—is neither a revision or retelling of Shakespeare’s canonical work. Not a parallel text, but an unequivocal heir. In this adaptation of Nikolai Leskov’s obscure Russian novella “Lady Macbeth of Mtensk,” our villain-heroine Katherine (Florence Pugh) does not find herself in the same setting or dramatic situation as Shakespeare’s symbol of malevolent, malignant female power. Katherine, a child-bride married off by Boris (Christopher Fairbank) to his older, impotent, abusive, and often absent son (Paul Hilton), begins an affair with local laborer Sebastian (Cosmo Jarvis). Soon caught out and cornered, it is Katherine who takes direct control of their circumstance, and liberates herself. In Lady Macbeth, murder is not gendered masculine.We met with director William Oldroyd to discuss his debut feature.Notebook: This is your first feature film, so I would like to ask you...
- 4/19/2017
- MUBI
Author: Zehra Phelan
You could be forgiven in thinking, with a title such as Lady Macbeth, we are about to get yet another film adaptation based on Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth and in particular his wife. Most recently the play adapted for the big screen in 2015 with Michael Fassbender playing Macbeth and Marion Cotillard as his long-suffering wife Lady Macbeth. From the recently released trailer of this new film from director William Oldroyd, it has the same brooding tone but that’s where the similarities end.
Related: Lady Macbeth Lff Premiere Interviews
This story of Lady Macbeth is an adaptation loosely based on the nineteenth century novella called Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District by Nikolai Leskov, with the title role played by the rising talent of Florence Pugh, who won the Evening Standard British Film Award for Breakthrough of the Year for this role.
In this film she stars alongside...
You could be forgiven in thinking, with a title such as Lady Macbeth, we are about to get yet another film adaptation based on Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth and in particular his wife. Most recently the play adapted for the big screen in 2015 with Michael Fassbender playing Macbeth and Marion Cotillard as his long-suffering wife Lady Macbeth. From the recently released trailer of this new film from director William Oldroyd, it has the same brooding tone but that’s where the similarities end.
Related: Lady Macbeth Lff Premiere Interviews
This story of Lady Macbeth is an adaptation loosely based on the nineteenth century novella called Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District by Nikolai Leskov, with the title role played by the rising talent of Florence Pugh, who won the Evening Standard British Film Award for Breakthrough of the Year for this role.
In this film she stars alongside...
- 3/9/2017
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The Museum of Modern Art and the Film Society of Lincoln Center has today announces their complete lineup for the 46th annual New Directors/New Films (Nd/Nf), running March 15 – 26. Dedicated to the discovery of new works by emerging and dynamic filmmaking talent, this year’s festival will screen 29 features and nine short films. This year’s lineup boasts nine North American premieres, seven U.S. premieres, and two world premieres, with features and shorts from 32 countries across five continents.
The opening, centerpiece, and closing night selections showcase three exciting new voices in American independent cinema that all recently debuted at Sundance: Geremy Jasper’s “Patti Cake$” is the opening night pick, while Eliza Hittman’s “Beach Rats” is the centerpiece selection and Dustin Guy Defa will close the festival with “Person to Person.” Other standouts include “Menashe,” “My Happy Family,” “Quest” and “The Wound.”
Read More: The Sundance Rebel:...
The opening, centerpiece, and closing night selections showcase three exciting new voices in American independent cinema that all recently debuted at Sundance: Geremy Jasper’s “Patti Cake$” is the opening night pick, while Eliza Hittman’s “Beach Rats” is the centerpiece selection and Dustin Guy Defa will close the festival with “Person to Person.” Other standouts include “Menashe,” “My Happy Family,” “Quest” and “The Wound.”
Read More: The Sundance Rebel:...
- 2/15/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Director William Oldroyd’s “Lady Macbeth” offers up a stark portrayal of the stifling, restrictive life for even privileged women of Britain’s Golden Years and how, in attempting to break free, a young woman brings destruction down upon herself and her household. Based on the 1865 novel “Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District” by Nikolai Leskov but transplanted to Victorian England, the film sees Florence Pugh in the lead role of Katherine, recently married by arrangement into a wealthy, highly controlling family. To escape the soul crushing boredom, Katherine pursues a risky affair, leading to increasingly bloody actions and, eventually,...
- 1/28/2017
- by Ross A.
- The Wrap
Person to PersonDear Lawrence,Sometime during our excursion from Vancouver to Park City you asked about a movie I’ve been planning in my head for over a year. Though neither of us are filmmakers by trade or by nature, we both have an innate desire to create, to harness life experience and transform it into something universal: into art. But as critics, we’ve become accustomed to deciphering meaning rather than creating it, better at explaining with words than evoking with images, inspired to discuss others’ stories but not tell our own. But instead of making a movie, my life had become one. Our trip began on Wednesday with a two hour inspection at the border where we were ultimately turned away. The next day was gonzo, shifting tones at a breakneck speed, jerking us around from crushing disappointment to hope, from frustration to elation. If Wednesday seemed like...
- 1/22/2017
- MUBI
Author: David Sztypuljak
Here’s the first look teaser trailer for Altitude Films’ new movie Lady Macbeth which played at London Film Festival. You’d be forgiven for thinking that this movie is based on the Shakespeare play but there’s no connection there.
Lady Macbeth is loosely loosely based on a nineteenth century novella called Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District by Nikolai Leskov and was later adapted as an Opera. Lady Macbeth is a tragic portrait of a beautiful, determined and merciless young woman seizing her independence in a world dominated by men.
The cast and filmmakers of Lady Macbeth at the London Film Festival 2016
We attended the premiere for the movie which had it’s premiere at the London Film Festival in October last year as well as playing at the Toronto Film Festival. You can see our interviews with director William Oldroyd in his debut feature and stars Florence Pugh,...
Here’s the first look teaser trailer for Altitude Films’ new movie Lady Macbeth which played at London Film Festival. You’d be forgiven for thinking that this movie is based on the Shakespeare play but there’s no connection there.
Lady Macbeth is loosely loosely based on a nineteenth century novella called Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District by Nikolai Leskov and was later adapted as an Opera. Lady Macbeth is a tragic portrait of a beautiful, determined and merciless young woman seizing her independence in a world dominated by men.
The cast and filmmakers of Lady Macbeth at the London Film Festival 2016
We attended the premiere for the movie which had it’s premiere at the London Film Festival in October last year as well as playing at the Toronto Film Festival. You can see our interviews with director William Oldroyd in his debut feature and stars Florence Pugh,...
- 1/13/2017
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Already established as a theatre director, the former theology student now makes his feature film debut with a Lady Macbeth that has nothing to do with the Bard
• Click here to see the Observer’s rising stars of 2017 in full
As a theatre director, William Oldroyd has done his share of Shakespeare. But his film-making debut, Lady Macbeth, out this spring, has nothing to do with the Bard. Featuring a mesmeric lead performance by Florence Pugh – the discovery of Carol Morley’s film The Falling – it’s the 19th-century story of Katherine, a young married woman in the north of England who frees herself from the shackles of patriarchy in the most drastic way. Written by playwright Alice Birch, it’s adapted from Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, an 1860s Russian novel by Nikolai Leskov, which also inspired an opera by Shostakovich.
The book is almost forgotten today but Oldroyd says: “It’s a cracking read.
• Click here to see the Observer’s rising stars of 2017 in full
As a theatre director, William Oldroyd has done his share of Shakespeare. But his film-making debut, Lady Macbeth, out this spring, has nothing to do with the Bard. Featuring a mesmeric lead performance by Florence Pugh – the discovery of Carol Morley’s film The Falling – it’s the 19th-century story of Katherine, a young married woman in the north of England who frees herself from the shackles of patriarchy in the most drastic way. Written by playwright Alice Birch, it’s adapted from Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, an 1860s Russian novel by Nikolai Leskov, which also inspired an opera by Shostakovich.
The book is almost forgotten today but Oldroyd says: “It’s a cracking read.
- 1/1/2017
- by Jonathan Romney
- The Guardian - Film News
I have a lot of cinematic soft spots but none is quite as big as the period drama and I'm always on the look out for the next best thing. This year, one of the best happened to be a horror movie (if you haven't seen The Witch (review) yet, now is the time) and it looks like one of next year's best might just be a period thriller.
Adapted by Alice Birch from Nikolai Leskov's novella and directed by William Oldroyd, Lady Macbeth stars Florence Pugh as Katherine, a young woman sold into marriage to a man twice her age. She's bitter and unhappy and when her husband goes away on business, she finds companionship with another man. When her husband returns, she takes [Continued ...]...
Adapted by Alice Birch from Nikolai Leskov's novella and directed by William Oldroyd, Lady Macbeth stars Florence Pugh as Katherine, a young woman sold into marriage to a man twice her age. She's bitter and unhappy and when her husband goes away on business, she finds companionship with another man. When her husband returns, she takes [Continued ...]...
- 12/7/2016
- QuietEarth.us
"A seductive mix of sex and murder." Roadside Attractions has unveiled a trailer for the film Lady Macbeth, an adaptation of Nikolai Leskov's novella "Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk". This classic period piece thriller is set during the 19th century, and involves a young woman being sold into a marriage with a middle-aged man that abuses her, so she figures out a way to get rid of him. Florence Pugh plays Katherine, and the cast includes Christopher Fairbank, Cosmo Jarvis, Bill Fellows, Paul Hilton, Naomi Ackie, and Ian Conningham. This already premiered at film festivals earlier this fall, and is also playing at the Sundance Film Festival coming up in January. Not really my kind of film, but might be interesting to some. See below. Here's the official Us trailer for William Oldroyd's Lady Macbeth, originally from Yahoo: In this adaptation of Nikolai Leskov's novella "Lady Macbeth...
- 12/7/2016
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Here’s a new trailer to Roadside Attractions’ Lady Macbeth, the directorial feature debut from William Oldroyd. The pic was written by Alice Birch based on Nikolai Leskov’s 1865 Russian novella Lady Macbeth Of Mtsensk. It stars Florence Pugh, Cosmo Jarvis, Paul Hilton, Naomi Ackie and Christopher Fairbank. Roadside said today it is releasing the film in New York and Los Angeles theaters June 2. Set in rural England 1865, Lady Macbeth centers on Katherine (Pugh), a woman…...
- 12/6/2016
- Deadline
One of the best films of this year’s Toronto International Film Festival will be arriving next year, but first — before it stops by Sundance Film Festival next month — Roadside Attractions has released the first trailer. Lady Macbeth marks the directorial debut of William Oldroyd, an experienced theater director who has adapted Nikolai Leskov’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, telling the story of a woman’s path for revenge in England in 1865.
We said in our review,” If Pugh is a revelation, so is Oldroyd. This is an auspicious and striking debut film that spells the start of a genuinely talented filmmaker as he handles his camera in breathtakingly spacey and formidable fashion. He creates an indelible character in Lady Katherine, a woman that is not easily understood, but dares to break the conventions of the times by doing unspeakable things. Oldroyd captures our gaze with every frame and doesn...
We said in our review,” If Pugh is a revelation, so is Oldroyd. This is an auspicious and striking debut film that spells the start of a genuinely talented filmmaker as he handles his camera in breathtakingly spacey and formidable fashion. He creates an indelible character in Lady Katherine, a woman that is not easily understood, but dares to break the conventions of the times by doing unspeakable things. Oldroyd captures our gaze with every frame and doesn...
- 12/6/2016
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
British theater director William Oldroyd’s first feature-length debut, “Lady Macbeth,” is an adaptation of Nikolai Leskov’s novella “Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District.” The film had its world premiere earlier this year at the Toronto International Film Festival and was quickly acquired by Roadside Attractions. Now, the studio has released the first trailer for the upcoming period drama, courtesy of Yahoo! Movies.
Set in 1865, rural England, the feature stars newcomer Florence Pugh as Katherine, a headstrong women who is trapped in a loveless marriage of convenience. Stifled by her relationship with the bitter man twice her age, and his cold, unforgiving family, she embarks on a passionate affair with a young worker on her husband’s estate. Suddenly an overwhelming power inside her makes her fight for the life she wants.
Read More: ‘Lady Macbeth’ Review: Florence Pugh Is a Persecuted Woman Who Takes Control In Powerful Dark...
Set in 1865, rural England, the feature stars newcomer Florence Pugh as Katherine, a headstrong women who is trapped in a loveless marriage of convenience. Stifled by her relationship with the bitter man twice her age, and his cold, unforgiving family, she embarks on a passionate affair with a young worker on her husband’s estate. Suddenly an overwhelming power inside her makes her fight for the life she wants.
Read More: ‘Lady Macbeth’ Review: Florence Pugh Is a Persecuted Woman Who Takes Control In Powerful Dark...
- 12/6/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
Too often period pieces are about nothing but themselves – dusty time capsules that seek to recreate a time gone by, along with all the era’s quaint, outdated conventions and social mores. William Oldroyd’s Lady Macbeth is different. In keeping the year unchanged but updating the setting of Nikolai Leskov’s 1865 novel, Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, and taking the story from East to West – specifically, from Russia to Great Britain at its colonial peak – director Oldroyd and screenwriter Alice Birch are deliberately holding a mirror up to modern Western society and its own issues with gender and race.
Timely is the word here. Lady Macbeth first screened at the Toronto International Film Festival back in September but now, with America’s sexual and racial politics suddenly set back decades following the vote on November 8th, this Victorian-era melodrama feels crucially challenging.
At first, Lady Macbeth sets out...
Timely is the word here. Lady Macbeth first screened at the Toronto International Film Festival back in September but now, with America’s sexual and racial politics suddenly set back decades following the vote on November 8th, this Victorian-era melodrama feels crucially challenging.
At first, Lady Macbeth sets out...
- 11/26/2016
- by Brogan Morris
- We Got This Covered
James Schamus’ Symbolic Exchange partners with X-Filme, Haut Et Court and Potboiler for Alice Birch-penned series about the tumultuous private lives of Marx and Engels.
James Schamus’ New York-based production company Symbolic Exchange is partnering with Germany’s X-Filme, France’s Haut et Court and the UK’s Potboiler to produce a TV series based on the lives and lovers of revolutionary socialists Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.
Alice Birch, the British playwright and screenwriter of autumn festival hit Lady Macbeth, will write the adaptation of 2011 bestseller Love and Capital, written by Mary Gabriel.
Episode length and run tiem of each episode are currently under wraps but producers have noted that the series will be “developed and produced in Europe.”
“By allowing us to experience this extraordinary story through the eyes primarily of the women who lived it, Mary Gabriel allows us for the first time to feel the entire human drama that changed our world...
James Schamus’ New York-based production company Symbolic Exchange is partnering with Germany’s X-Filme, France’s Haut et Court and the UK’s Potboiler to produce a TV series based on the lives and lovers of revolutionary socialists Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.
Alice Birch, the British playwright and screenwriter of autumn festival hit Lady Macbeth, will write the adaptation of 2011 bestseller Love and Capital, written by Mary Gabriel.
Episode length and run tiem of each episode are currently under wraps but producers have noted that the series will be “developed and produced in Europe.”
“By allowing us to experience this extraordinary story through the eyes primarily of the women who lived it, Mary Gabriel allows us for the first time to feel the entire human drama that changed our world...
- 11/10/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: James Schamus’ Symbolic Exchange partners with X-Filme, Haut Et Court and Potboiler for Alice Birch-penned series about the tumultuous private lives of Marx and Engels.
James Schamus’ New York-based production company Symbolic Exchange is partnering with Germany’s X-Filme, France’s Haut et Court and the UK’s Potboiler to produce a TV series based on the lives and lovers of revolutionary socialists Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.
Alice Birch, the British playwright and screenwriter of autumn festival hit Lady Macbeth, will write the adaptation of 2011 bestseller Love and Capital, written by Mary Gabriel.
Episode length and run tiem of each episode are currently under wraps but producers have noted that the series will be “developed and produced in Europe.”
“By allowing us to experience this extraordinary story through the eyes primarily of the women who lived it, Mary Gabriel allows us for the first time to feel the entire human drama that changed our world...
James Schamus’ New York-based production company Symbolic Exchange is partnering with Germany’s X-Filme, France’s Haut et Court and the UK’s Potboiler to produce a TV series based on the lives and lovers of revolutionary socialists Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.
Alice Birch, the British playwright and screenwriter of autumn festival hit Lady Macbeth, will write the adaptation of 2011 bestseller Love and Capital, written by Mary Gabriel.
Episode length and run tiem of each episode are currently under wraps but producers have noted that the series will be “developed and produced in Europe.”
“By allowing us to experience this extraordinary story through the eyes primarily of the women who lived it, Mary Gabriel allows us for the first time to feel the entire human drama that changed our world...
- 11/10/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Wme has signed William Oldroyd. He’s hot off directing Lady Macbeth and was pursued widely to break into Hollywood after the film premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and was set for distribution with Roadside Attractions. Oldroyd continues with his UK reps Giles Smart and Natasha Galloway at United Artists. Roadside is positioning Lady Macbeth as an awards contender, marked by a strong performance by Florence Pugh in a film that relocates Nikolai Leskov's…...
- 11/7/2016
- Deadline
When a few hundred films stop by the 41st Toronto International Film Festival, it’s certainly impossible to cover everything, but we were able to catch over 120 features — and, with that, it’s time to conclude our experience, following the festival’s own award winners. We’ve rounded up our top 20 films seen during the festival, followed by a list of the complete coverage.
Stay tuned over the next months (or years) as we bring updates on films as they make their way to screens. Note that we didn’t include films screened at other festivals in our “best of” round-up, but you can see Venice, Cannes, Berlin, and Sundance wrap-ups at those links, which feature some of the most-praised films of the festival, including La La Land, Arrival, Manchester by the Sea, Certain Women, Elle, Things to Come, Nocturnal Animals, and many more.
One can also click here for...
Stay tuned over the next months (or years) as we bring updates on films as they make their way to screens. Note that we didn’t include films screened at other festivals in our “best of” round-up, but you can see Venice, Cannes, Berlin, and Sundance wrap-ups at those links, which feature some of the most-praised films of the festival, including La La Land, Arrival, Manchester by the Sea, Certain Women, Elle, Things to Come, Nocturnal Animals, and many more.
One can also click here for...
- 9/19/2016
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Before William Oldroyd‘s first foray on the silver screen with Lady Macbeth, he was an experienced theater director, which clearly has aided his adaptation of Nikolai Leskov’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk. The gothic allure of this period piece about a woman forced into marriage and deciding to take things into her own hands is both refreshing and captivating, and make no mistake: there is nothing theatrical or stiff about the film.
This is the kind of period piece that even non-fans of the genre can be enthralled with. Rejuvenating the genre with some new blood, his camera rarely moves, leaving his characters with room to breathe and fully flesh out their arcs within his story. And what a story it is. Set in Victorian London, the film is concerned with Lady Katherine (a mesmerizing Florence Pugh), a young woman stuck in a marriage she never asked for. It...
This is the kind of period piece that even non-fans of the genre can be enthralled with. Rejuvenating the genre with some new blood, his camera rarely moves, leaving his characters with room to breathe and fully flesh out their arcs within his story. And what a story it is. Set in Victorian London, the film is concerned with Lady Katherine (a mesmerizing Florence Pugh), a young woman stuck in a marriage she never asked for. It...
- 9/19/2016
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
British debut feature plays in competition at the San Sebastián Film Festival.
Spanish distribution outfit Betta Pictures has picked up rights to William Oldroyd’s debut feature Lady Macbeth.
Following its premiere at Toronto International Film Festival, the period drama is one of the hot tickets in competition at this year’s San Sebastián Film Festival (Sept 16-24).
Protagonist Pictures is handling international sales.
Speaking to Screen, Alex Lafuente, partner and head of acquisitions at Betta, underlined the potential of Lady Macbeth: “I believe Oldroyd’s opera prima will be one of the great finds of this year’s competitive section. [It has the potential] To please both an adult audience and the media covering San Sebastián, [which is] key to ensuring an impact in the local market.”
According to Lafuente, this British art film, an adaptation of Nikolai Leskov’s 1865 Russian novella Lady Macbeth Of The Mtsensk District, “brings a fresh turn to period drama, using both irony...
Spanish distribution outfit Betta Pictures has picked up rights to William Oldroyd’s debut feature Lady Macbeth.
Following its premiere at Toronto International Film Festival, the period drama is one of the hot tickets in competition at this year’s San Sebastián Film Festival (Sept 16-24).
Protagonist Pictures is handling international sales.
Speaking to Screen, Alex Lafuente, partner and head of acquisitions at Betta, underlined the potential of Lady Macbeth: “I believe Oldroyd’s opera prima will be one of the great finds of this year’s competitive section. [It has the potential] To please both an adult audience and the media covering San Sebastián, [which is] key to ensuring an impact in the local market.”
According to Lafuente, this British art film, an adaptation of Nikolai Leskov’s 1865 Russian novella Lady Macbeth Of The Mtsensk District, “brings a fresh turn to period drama, using both irony...
- 9/19/2016
- ScreenDaily
“Lady Macbeth” reveals the essence of its plot in the title, but the dark twists of the thrilling narrative still manage to surprise. The feature-length debut of British theater director William Oldroyd suggests what might happen if Alfred Hitchcock directed “Wuthering Heights.” Adapting from Nikolai Leskov’s 1865 novel, Oldroyd and screenwriter Alice Birch transport the action to 19th century England and boil down its essence to the machinations of a driven young woman fiercely embodied by newcomer Florence Pugh. She begins the movie as an object of sympathy, and even as she grows more cunning and devious in her intentions, it’s easy to comprehend her psychotic drive.
As the story begins, young Katherine (Pugh) has been forced into a marriage with the heir to an industrial fortune (Paul Hilton) many years older than her. It doesn’t take long to establish her overwhelming discomfort: Smothered by corsets and frustrated...
As the story begins, young Katherine (Pugh) has been forced into a marriage with the heir to an industrial fortune (Paul Hilton) many years older than her. It doesn’t take long to establish her overwhelming discomfort: Smothered by corsets and frustrated...
- 9/15/2016
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Roadside Attractions has picked up North American rights to Lady Macbeth, while Screen Media acquired Us on The Bad Batch and Magnolia Pictures has taken North America on I Am Not Your Negro as Toronto deals continued to trickle in.
Meanwhile Fox Searchlight was understood to be close to acquiring North American rights from Pathé to Amma Asante’s Gala Presentation A United Kingdom starring Rosamund Pike and David Oyelowo.
William Oldroyd’s much fancied Toronto selection Lady Macbeth is based on Alice Birch’s adapted screenplay from Nikolai Leskov’s 1865 novella Lady Macbeth Of The Mtsensk District.
Florence Pugh stars in the Platform selection as an unhappily married young woman who falls for an estate worker and will stop at nothing to keep their love alive. Cosmo Jarvis, Paul Hilton, Naomi Ackie and Christopher Fairbank round out the key cast.
Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly produced the Sixty Six Pictures and iFeatures production, a Creative...
Meanwhile Fox Searchlight was understood to be close to acquiring North American rights from Pathé to Amma Asante’s Gala Presentation A United Kingdom starring Rosamund Pike and David Oyelowo.
William Oldroyd’s much fancied Toronto selection Lady Macbeth is based on Alice Birch’s adapted screenplay from Nikolai Leskov’s 1865 novella Lady Macbeth Of The Mtsensk District.
Florence Pugh stars in the Platform selection as an unhappily married young woman who falls for an estate worker and will stop at nothing to keep their love alive. Cosmo Jarvis, Paul Hilton, Naomi Ackie and Christopher Fairbank round out the key cast.
Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly produced the Sixty Six Pictures and iFeatures production, a Creative...
- 9/15/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The Toronto Film Festival’s latest big buy is Roadside Attractions’ acquisition of U.S. and Canadian rights to critics’ fave “Lady Macbeth,” starring breakout star Florence Pugh (“The Falling”) in a 19th-century take on the Shakespeare character.
William Oldroyd’s feature debut, programmed in Tiff’s Platform section, was adapted by playwright Alice Birch from Nikolai Leskov’s 1865 novella “Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District.” Set in rural 1865 England, “Lady Macbeth” follows Katherine (Pugh) through her stifling marriage to an older man who falls in love with one of her husband’s estate workers.
Distributors huddled after the film’s world premiere screening last week. Produced by Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly, “Lady Macbeth” is a Sixty Six Pictures and iFeatures production, a Creative England, BBC Films and BFI presentation in association with Oldgarth Media. The cast also includes Cosmo Jarvis, Paul Hilton, Naomi Ackie, and Christopher Fairbank.
One of...
William Oldroyd’s feature debut, programmed in Tiff’s Platform section, was adapted by playwright Alice Birch from Nikolai Leskov’s 1865 novella “Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District.” Set in rural 1865 England, “Lady Macbeth” follows Katherine (Pugh) through her stifling marriage to an older man who falls in love with one of her husband’s estate workers.
Distributors huddled after the film’s world premiere screening last week. Produced by Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly, “Lady Macbeth” is a Sixty Six Pictures and iFeatures production, a Creative England, BBC Films and BFI presentation in association with Oldgarth Media. The cast also includes Cosmo Jarvis, Paul Hilton, Naomi Ackie, and Christopher Fairbank.
One of...
- 9/15/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
The Toronto Film Festival’s latest big buy is Roadside Attractions’ acquisition of U.S. and Canadian rights to critics’ fave “Lady Macbeth,” starring breakout star Florence Pugh (“The Falling”) in a 19th-century take on the Shakespeare character.
William Oldroyd’s feature debut, programmed in Tiff’s Platform section, was adapted by playwright Alice Birch from Nikolai Leskov’s 1865 novella “Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District.” Set in rural 1865 England, “Lady Macbeth” follows Katherine (Pugh) through her stifling marriage to an older man who falls in love with one of her husband’s estate workers.
Distributors huddled after the film’s world premiere screening last week. Produced by Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly, “Lady Macbeth” is a Sixty Six Pictures and iFeatures production, a Creative England, BBC Films and BFI presentation in association with Oldgarth Media. The cast also includes Cosmo Jarvis, Paul Hilton, Naomi Ackie, and Christopher Fairbank.
One of...
William Oldroyd’s feature debut, programmed in Tiff’s Platform section, was adapted by playwright Alice Birch from Nikolai Leskov’s 1865 novella “Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District.” Set in rural 1865 England, “Lady Macbeth” follows Katherine (Pugh) through her stifling marriage to an older man who falls in love with one of her husband’s estate workers.
Distributors huddled after the film’s world premiere screening last week. Produced by Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly, “Lady Macbeth” is a Sixty Six Pictures and iFeatures production, a Creative England, BBC Films and BFI presentation in association with Oldgarth Media. The cast also includes Cosmo Jarvis, Paul Hilton, Naomi Ackie, and Christopher Fairbank.
One of...
- 9/15/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Roadside Attractions has acquired U.S. and Canadian rights to Lady Macbeth, the debut feature film from UK theater director William Oldroyd. Scripter Alice Birch adapts Nikolai Leskov’s 1865 novella Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District for the pic, which had its world premiere last week in the Platforms section at the Toronto Film Festival. Florence Pugh, Cosmo Jarvis, Paul Hilton, Naomi Ackie and Christopher Fairbank…...
- 9/15/2016
- Deadline
Roadside Attractions has acquired the U.S. and Canadian film rights to William Oldroyd’s feature debut film “Lady Macbeth.” One of Toronto International Film Festival’s hottest titles, the film is an adaptation of Nikolai Leskov’s 1865 novella “Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District.” The film stars breakout actor Florence Pugh and also features Cosmo Jarvis, Paul Hilton and Christopher Fairbank. It was written by award-winning playwright Alice Birch and produced by Fordhla Cronin O’Reilly. Also Read: Tatiana Maslany, Dane DeHaan Indie Drama 'Two Lovers and a Bear' Goes to Fox and Netflix The film is set in...
- 9/15/2016
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
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