Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal lack direction, and “The Trojans,” a spirited football-themed Iliad, heads for the end zone.

The great tragedy of Othello ... s not a problem faced by Gyllenhaal, at least, whose alternation between ingratiating suavity and darting, weaselly insecurity turn his Iago into an utterly ...

That lucky group of people who will get to see this “Othello ... faced by Gyllenhaal, at least, whose alternation between ingratiating suavity and darting, weaselly insecurity turn his Iago ...

“Othello’s” setting now seems effectively random, less a choice than the refusal to make a choice. (That’s not a problem faced by Gyllenhaal, at least, whose alternation between ingratiating suavity ...

the images capture Washington and Gyllenhaal in character as Moorish general Othello and his ambitious lieutenant Iago, respectively. The two don military camouflage in one scene, and face off ...

Well, "the masses" may be a stretch - the new production of "Othello ... faced by Gyllenhaal, at least, whose alternation between ingratiating suavity and darting, weaselly insecurity turn his ...

The dramatic stories of betrayal and twisted ambition that Shakespeare initially created took soap operas to generate even more exciting and sophisticated versions.