Macbeth (2015)

"Justin Kurzel’s Snowtown was a devastating true-crime tale of poverty, rape and murder. So it’s no surprise he’d be drawn to Shakespeare’s bloodiest tragedy, or that the results would be bleaker than a Glaswegian dentists. The real head-scratcher is that anyone let him."

"Fearsomely visceral and impeccably performed, it’s a brisk, bracing update, even as it remains exquisitely in period."

"When it flies, it's riveting. When it doesn't, it's still pretty damn good."

"Shakespeare like a western: spare and savage."

"Unseams the famous Shakespearean tragedy open from the nave to the chops, letting its insides spill out across the rock underfoot."

"There is a lot of sound and fury in this Macbeth, but not without meaning."

"It's a rough, primitive kingdom that Kurzel has built... It's great Shakespeare."

"An intensely compelling work."

"This arresting adaptation of the most cinematic of Shakespeare's plays is as near to definitive as Roman Polanski's celebrated 1971 version."

"Inspired, innovative, stunning, with unforgettable performances and images, this is up there with the great screen Shakespeares."