Small wonder he’s easy prey for someone as completely worldly as Iago. The fatal clash between the two men is that of two irreconcilable approaches to life. In the ideal “Othello,” each of ...

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

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 ...

Does Iago suspect wife Emilia and Othello has made the beast with two backs? Or maybe Emilia and Cassio got their beast on. Is it a racial thing? The bottled up aggression of a warrior?

is the relationship of Othello and Iago, and Washington and Gyllenhaal not only lack a complementary or competing set of chemistries, they seem to be pursuing two off-kilter routes through their ...

It was a starry night on Broadway on Sunday, March 23, as the celebrities stepped out to support the opening of the Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal-led revival of William Shakespeare’s "Othello, ...

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 ...

But the insidious scheming by Iago to discredit newly promoted Cassio by poisoning Othello’s thoughts with jealousy too seldom makes sparks fly. A deserving Tony winner for his shattering work ...

Othello follows a venerated Marine Corps general (Washington), who is driven to jealousy and rage by his conniving junior officer Iago (Gyllenhaal). Incensed when he is passed over for a promotion ...

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 ...