In the first scene of Lady Macbeth, we see the young Katherine (Florence Pugh) passively watching as she is sold into marriage with an older man. As she takes her place in her husband's rural estate, ruled over by his severe and ancient father, it soon becomes clear that she is not going to conform to an obedient life as mistress of the house, though the early scenes offer no hint of just how dark a form her rebellion will take. William Oldroyd's new film is a dark companion piece to other recent films about female repression (Terence Davies' Sunset Song and A Quiet Passion and Sofia Coppola's The Beguiled).…
In the first scene of Lady Macbeth, we see the young Katherine (Florence Pugh) passively watching as she is sold into marriage with an older man. As she takes her place in her husband's rural estate, ruled over by his severe and ancient father, it soon becomes clear that she is not going to conform to an obedient life as mistress of the house, though the early scenes offer no hint of just how dark a form her rebellion will take. William Oldroyd's new film is a dark companion piece to other recent films about female repression (Terence Davies' Sunset Song and A Quiet Passion and Sofia Coppola's The Beguiled).…