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'Lady Macbeth' Turns Sound And Fury Into Victorian Noir

It's not Shakespearean but the no-nonsense leading lady of the new movie Lady Macbeth lives up to her name.
Katharine (Florence Pugh) is mesmerizing as she seethes in <em>Lady Macbeth.</em>
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The dark, feminist tale, Lady Macbeth doesn't deal with royalty or take place in medieval Scotland. It has no witches, nor much rinsing of blood from hands. It's not even based on Shakespeare. But its leading lady, a teen bride when we meet her, still lives up to that title.

We first spy Katherine at the

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