Joel Coen’s upcoming “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” stars Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand. Now it is set to open the 59th New York Film Festival on September 24th. Bypassing Telluride and Venice a foregone conclusion in my world, but this only makes NYFF more likely the place to be for cinephiles in September (sorry, Toronto).
“Hope,” Na’s first film in ten years — his last one being the exemplary “The Wailing” —is a gloriously messy, blood-soaked sci-fi epic that may become a cult classic despite—or because of—its polarizing nature.