Because Shakespeare gave his hero and antihero equal weight, the contest between the actors playing them has never been that ...

The kid could inspire any number of green shades to color the old monster bedeviling Othello. If Washington seems still to be finding a steadier approach to the Moor, Gyllenhaal, as the great villain ...

Denzel Washington is the star of the show but he plays his Othello with a remoteness that can throw off the play.