Michael Fassbender's “Macbeth” isn't “evil,” he's just suffering from PTSD. The Oscar-nominated “12 Years a Slave” star is portraying the Scottish king in director Justin Kurzel's adaptation of ...

A new Blu-ray upgrade of the director's 1948 Shakespeare adaptation invites a closer look at the technical and thematic ideas Welles would continue to explore until his death. When asked about the ...

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“I don’t think Macbeth is evil. I think he’s damaged. When we meet him, he’s a man who’s as good as his circumstances will allow. He serves his king loyally and looks after his soldiers,” Fassbender ...