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    • Subject Terms:
      SHAKESPEARE, William, 1564-1616; LARSEN, Nella, 1891-1964
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      THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH Joel Coen's stripped-down take on the Scottish play is furious and fleet, anguished and elemental, instantly taking its place among the great screen adaptations of Shakespeare. Rose becomes the prey in Phil's cruel games, but her sensitive beanpole son, Peter, in a knockout performance by Kodi Smit-McPhee, defies expectations, turning the chamber drama into a startling queer revenge thriller. PASSING Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga provide the pulsing emotional center of first-time writer-director Rebecca Hall's exquisite adaptation of Harlem Renaissance author Nella Larsen's 1929 novel about two Black women on either side of the "color line.". [Extracted from the article]
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