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MOVIES BY RICK LEVIN FAIR IS FOUL, AND FOUL IS FAIR Florence Pugh delivers a powerhouse performance in the period psycho-thriller Lady Macbeth F or my money, Lady Macbeth is second only to Iago among Shakespeare’s depictions of pure Machia- vellian evil. She is delicious — a monster of insidi- ous intent and malevolent manipulation, fueled to bloody purpose by an ambition that turns obstacles to mincemeat. “Art thou afeard,” she whispers in her hus- band’s ear, “to be the same in thine own act and valour as thou art in desire?” Translation: Kill ’em all, and take the throne. Knowing what is conjured by the name of the unfair Lady in the Bard’s classic potboiler, you might be a bit disoriented by the opening scenes of Lady Macbeth, a new film directed by William Oldroyd, based on the novel by Nikolai Leskov. From the get-go, Katharine (Florence Pugh) — our Lady Macbeth — is in a real pickle: It’s 1865 England, and she’s newly wed to a mean, bitter man-child (Paul Hilton) whose idea of conjugal completion is to have her stand naked in a corner while he grunts like a swine, joylessly masturbating. Making matters worse is Katherine’s father-in-law Bo- EVERGREEN NUTRITION 15-20% OFF* CBD OIL PRODUCTS IN SEPTEMBER Studies show that CBD oil can be helpful for anxiety & stress. 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Of course, homicide arrives, after Katherine couples up with a hunky groomsman (Cosmo Jarvis) in a desire-awakening encounter ripped right from Lady Chat- terley’s Lover. When the men of the house discover their forbidden affair, all hell breaks loose, and the violence that ensues appears, at first, to be an act of liberation for Katherine. Indeed it is, but it doesn’t end there. In fact, this is where things really take off, completely upending the expecta- tions so devilishly set in the film’s first act. From here on SEPTEMBER 29-OCTOBER 5 9/29-10/5 492 E. 13th Ave 541-357-0375 MOVIES THAT bijou-cinemas.com MATTER Serving the Eugene Community for Over 35 Years! BRAD’S STATUS (R) 1:15, 3:30, 5:45, 8:00 VICEROY’S HOUSE (NR) Friday - Tuesday 1:00, 8:15 Wednesday 2:00 pm Thursday 1:00 pm POLINA (NR) In French & Russian with English Subtitles Friday - Tuesday 3:30 pm Wednesday 9:30 pm Thursday 8:30 pm LADY MACBETH (R) Friday - Tuesday 6:00 pm Wednesday 4:30 pm Thursday 3:45 pm UO Wayne Morse Center & Romance Languages Dept present HARVEST OF EMPIRE Free Public Screening! Wednesday 7:00 pm Seating is first come, first served Encircle Film Series presents BIG PHARMA: MARKET FAILURE Thursday 6:00 pm Audience discussion after the film Local beer, wine and cider... & now kombucha on tap! TICKET PRICES: MATINEE before 5pm $6 ADULT $8 | STUDENT $7 | SENIOR 62+ $6 CHILD age 12 & under $6 out, the movie earns its title, in a manner that is at once disarming and disturbing. Like the play from which it earns its title, Lady Macbeth is nasty, brutish and short, a kind of grotesque melodra- matic thriller that revels in the unexpected depths of evil it reveals. The film is at once cartoonish and stark, a Hitch- cockian collision of mythology and pulp fiction. It doesn’t just confound our expectations; it demolishes them, by pushing past the place where desire awakens love, and moving straight through to lust, and to bloodlust. At the center of it all stands Pugh, a fantastic actress rela- tively unknown to American audiences — until now. Her performance here is a master class in sociopathic seduction, reminiscent of the great Joan Crawford at her murderous best (oh, if looks could kill!). Pugh’s transformation — or, perhaps, regression — on screen is riveting, and it leaves you wondering if you were fooled from the moment she ap- peared on screen. Is she a hero, an anti-hero or the living 19th century’s anti-Christ? 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