Macbeth

Orson Welles's adaptation of MACBETH is a triumph of cinematic imagination over the limited resources of the parsimonious Republic Pictures Studio, which originally butchered the film and released it with a poor soundtrack. Initially maligned for being incoherent and unintelligible, the film was restored in the 1990s, adding back 17 minutes of footage and the original Scottish-accented soundtrack, resulting in a visually stunning film that has the brooding atmosphere of a medieval nightmare.

Eleventh-century Scottish lords Macbeth (Orson Welles) and Banquo (Edgar Barrier) are returning to Dunsinane castle when they encounter a trio of witches who prophesize that...