As befits one of the contemporary stage and screen’s more intense, challenging actors, Ralph Fiennes didn’t make his directorial debut easy on himself. His adaptation of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus ( opening today in limited release ) studies the vicissitudes of political pride, corruption and revenge — an unflinching stare into a familiar powder keg that looks and feels increasingly like an abyss.
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Ralph Fiennes Talks Coriolanus: ‘I’m Afraid the Lack of Hope In It Was Appealing to Me’
