Tom Beasley sits down with British actress Florence Pugh, star of period drama Lady Macbeth, to discuss her nomination for the EE Rising Star Award at the BAFTAs… British actress Florence Pugh was today named as one of the five nominees for the EE Rising Star Award at the BAFTAs. The public will now vote […]
Top 10 Films of 2017 (So Far)
The Flickering Myth team vote… July marks the second half of 2017, can you believe it’s been half a year already? We’ve seen so much already! Audiences have been wowed by the movies approved by the Academy, Beauty and the Beast earned $1 billion, we’ve seen Fate of the Furious push the franchise to whole […]
Movie Review – Lady Macbeth (2016)
Lady Macbeth, 2016. Directed by William Oldroyd. Starring Florence Pugh, Cosmo Jarvis, Paul Hilton, Naomi Ackie, and Christopher Fairbank. SYNOPSIS: Lady Macbeth is an adaptation of Nikolai Leskov’s 1865 novella Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District. It tells the plight of the young newlywed whose loveless marriage leads her into a forbidden and adulterous love […]
Exclusive interview with Lady Macbeth director William Oldroyd
Paul Risker chats with Lady Macbeth director William Oldroyd… From the theatre and opera stage, director William Oldroyd has emerged as a filmmaking talent, named BAFTA’S ‘Brit to watch’ in 2016. His theatre work comprises adaptations of the works of Sartre, Beckett and Shakespeare, while his opera credits include work in Portugal as well as […]
New poster for Lady Macbeth featuring Florence Pugh
With a little over a month to go until its UK release, a new poster has debuted for director William Oldroyd’s upcoming drama Lady Macbeth featuring Florence Pugh; take a look below… SEE ALSO: Watch the latest trailer for Lady Macbeth here Rural England, 1865. Katherine (Florence Pugh) is stifled by her loveless marriage to a bitter […]
New trailer for Lady Macbeth arrives online
Ahead of its UK release next month, Altitude Film Distribution has unveiled a new trailer for the upcoming drama Lady Macbeth. Directed by William Oldroyd, the film is based on the nineteenth century novella Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District and features a cast that includes Florence Pugh, Cosmo Jarvis, Paul Hilton, Naomi Ackie, and Christopher Fairbank; watch […]
First trailer for Lady Macbeth arrives online
A teaser trailer has arrived online for William Oldroyd’s upcoming drama Lady Macbeth. Based on Nikolai Leskov’s nineteenth century novella Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District, the film stars Florence Pugh, Cosmo Jarvis, Paul Hilton, Naomi Ackie and Christopher Fairbank; take a look below after the official synopsis… Rural England, 1865. Katherine (Florence Pugh) is stifled by […]
Production starts on Brit period drama Lady Macbeth with Florence Pugh
Production is now underway on British 19th century period drama Lady Macbeth, which stars Florence Pugh (The Falling), according to Screen Daily. Lady Macbeth – the feature debut of theatre director William Oldroyd – follows Pugh’s Katherine as a young woman whose rut of convenient marriage to an older man is shattered when she starts […]