Lady Macbeth
Set in 19th century rural England, young bride who has been sold into marriage to a middle-aged man discovers an unstoppable desire within herself as she enters into an affair with a work on her estate.
1970, Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK
4 October 1953, Hertfordshire, England, UK
7 May 1983, England, UK
25 May 1957, Middlesbrough, Teeside, England, UK
May 01, 2017
Sometimes a glorious film appears like a cold dart out of an open sky.April 30, 2017
Directed with spare intensity by William Oldroyd, it's a picture as icily controlled as its heroine is wild and unpredictable.April 30, 2017
This may be a low-budget affair (reportedly less than 500,000), but it's as richly textured as any more expensive period piece.May 05, 2017
Lady Macbeth is a deftly assured cinematic debut from theatre director William Oldroyd: a film of unnerving, accumulating tension, punctuated by moments of violence that leave you reeling.September 09, 2016
Lady Macbeth mostly operates within established period conventions, but draws fresh blood from antique material thanks to a sparky cast, subtle nods to contemporary race and gender issues, and a hefty shot of gothic melodrama.May 05, 2017
Insinuating and bold, the film quickly worms its way under the skin, unnerving us to the core with its shocking story, clever camerawork and razor-sharp acting.June 12, 2017
...the whole adds up to rather less than the sum of its parts.November 21, 2016
"Lady Macbeth" reveals the essence of its plot in the title, but the dark twists of the thrilling narrative still manage to surprise.May 01, 2017
There are lots of moral issues raised: control vs freedom, freedom vs power, the crossing of moral boundaries and the notion that lust in women is akin to evil. I really liked it.September 09, 2016
Florence Pugh announces herself as a major talent to watch in William Oldroyd's impressively tough-minded Victorian tragedy.May 05, 2017
A film of genuine force, it strikes you in the gut with a clenched fist, simultaneously seduced by its beauty while recoiling at the moral abyss.April 25, 2017
This brilliantly feminist British indie film plunges a cold, sharp knife into the back of bonnet dramas.