But the production of “Othello” co-headlined by Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal lacks a Big Idea to make it seem like ...

Denzel Washington may be bringing his version of “ Othello ” to the screen.

The lean and charismatic Washington looks fit as a fiddle for love or war, but you don’t feel much of a sexual connection between Othello and Desdemona as Washington goes for a more ...

Shakespeare’s leanest tragedy gets a starry, headlong production that embraces the action but misses the mystery.