The film gave a future Oscar nominee and A-list star her first leading role.
Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 6 September) is Lady Macbeth, the extremely dark and twisty 2016 thriller that saw future Oscar nominee Florence Pugh get her first leading role.
Set in rural England in 1865, Pugh plays Katherine, a woman trapped in a loveless marriage to a much older, wealthy man (Paul Hilton, Slow Horses).
Alone on her husband’s family estate, she begins a passionate affair with a local land worker her own age named Sebastian (Cosmo Jarvis, Shōgun).
However, this affair and the pair’s efforts to cover it up wind up leading to a string of murders.
Written by Alice Birch (Normal People), directed by William Oldroyd (last year’s also brilliant Eileen) and co-starring Naomi Ackie (Blink Twice), Lady Macbeth was widely acclaimed by critics for its dark twisty story, its near-constantly tense atmosphere and Pugh’s multi-layered, powerful lead turn.
It was also a box office hit, grossing over £4 million pounds on a reported budget of just £500,000.
Boasting an 88% Rotten Tomatoes score, Lady Macbeth is airing on BBC Two tonight at 11.05pm.
It is also available to stream on Netflix.
Here are the other movies on TV this evening:
Unstoppable – ITV4 – 9pm
The Denzel Washington nail-baiter we recommended earlier this week.
Under Siege – Film4 – 9pm
Steven Seagal’s best movie by miles.
The Culpepper Cattle Co – TG4 – 9pm
A ’70s revisionist Western.
The Last Right – RTÉ2 – 9.30pm
The Haunting of Hill House’s Michiel Huisman stars in this Irish comedy-drama as a man who travels from his home in New York to Clonakilty in Cork for his mother’s funeral, before getting swept up in an adventure.
Jojo Rabbit – RTÉ One – 9.35pm
The historical comedy-drama that won Taika Waititi an Oscar.
American Pie: The Wedding – E4 – 10.05pm
The third in the raunchy comedy series.
Wedding Crashers – BBC One – 10.40pm
This hit comedy follows two divorce mediators (Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn) who crash weddings in an attempt to meet and seduce women.
Predestination – Legend – 10.45pm
This incredible but sadly underseen sci-fi we’ve recommended before is about a secret agent (Ethan Hawke) who travels through time to hunt down an elusive criminal dubbed The Fizzle Bomber.
His investigation leads him to a bar in ’70s New York where he meets a bar patron (Succession’s Sarah Snook) with a fascinating life story.
Sleepy Hollow – Film4 – 11.05pm
With Beetlejuice Beetlejuice in cinemas now, what better time to check out one of its director Tim Burton’s best movies?
Eye of the Tiger – Legend Xtra – 11.10pm
In this ’80s action flick, a Vietnam War veteran (Gary Busey) returns home from prison and sets out to clean up his hometown which has come under the control of a violent motorcycle gang.
A Midnight Clear – RTÉ One – 11.45pm
This ’90s World War II drama features amongst its cast Ethan Hawke, again, and Gary Sinise.
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