SF360 FILM+CLUB: MACBETH SF360 Film+Club returns to Mezzanine on Tuesday, June 19, showcasing a new take on MACBETH directed by Geoffrey Wright. The film, which played at the Toronto International Film Festival, is violent and sexy with a kick-ass soundtrack, and re-imagines Shakespeare's classic in the underworld of present-day Melbourne. As one astute Australian journalist noted, the film is "brash, bawdy, bombastic and dripping with black blood."
Doors will open at 7 pm, film starts at 7:30 pm. Tickets are available at the door for $8, but you can email snipped-for-privacy@sf360.org for $5 tickets. In Wright's film, Macbeth, a loyal henchman to his crime boss, Duncan, is told by teenage witches that he will one day assume great power. Driven by their prophecy, he plots with his wife to kill Duncan, and takes the leadership of the gang for himself. Maintaining his power will require more murders and violence, finally driving his surviving enemies to unite and destroy him.
SF360 Film+Club is presented by the San Francisco Film Society, Mezzanine and Rehab. This event is sponsored by SFWeekly. Past events have featured INFAMY, TRAPPED IN THE CLOSET SING A-LONG, NEXT: A Primer on Urban Painting, Wholphin and COLMA: The Musical.