Macbeth December 13, 2010

Part of BAMcinématek

Introduced by actor Patrick Stewart

Directed by Rupert Goold
With Patrick Stewart, Kate Fleetwood, Michael Feast

(2010) 161min

“Rupert Goold’s good and nasty interpretation of Macbeth has enough flash, blood and mutilated bodies to satisfy a Wes Craven fan… Must-see.” —The New York Times

Join Patrick Stewart for a screening of Rupert Goold’s Olivier Award-winning production of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, which enjoyed a sold-out engagement at BAM in 2008 before a critically acclaimed Broadway run. "There have been many fascist-themed versions of Macbeth over the years. What makes this one a must-see is Mr. Stewart’s thrilling recognition that his character is as close kin to the fatally introspective Hamlet as he is to power-wielding men of ill will like Richard III. His performance is the first I have seen to realize completely what the scholar Harold Bloom means when he calls this play 'a tragedy of the imagination.'" —Ben Brantley, The New York Times

General Admission: $12
BAM Cinema Club members: $7

Official Website: http://www.bam.org/view.aspx?pid=2816