Man of Many reviews Wuthering Heights 2026, giving it 4 stars and asking the all-important question of whether it's a 'date movie'. Is “Wuthering Heights” a date movie? Unlike Heated Rivalry, this probably won’t make you or your partner blush, but a story about intense obsession might not be the best play for a first date. And for anyone who knows the story, this isn’t exactly a feel-good romcom. Sensual moments are balanced with plenty of decidedly unsexy moments as Fennell explores the visceral nature of love and the gristle behind tough circumstances. Committed couples and partners are probably going to find more resonance with the clandestine romance and soulmate talk. That being said, there’s some heavy material here that risks ending a night with your valentine on something of a downer. Leave some time after for a romantic dinner or drinks to cleanse the palate. Fluids of almost every kind fill Fennell’s framing, from the close-ups of beads of sweat on Elordi’s back to the snail crawling up a window and characters perpetually caught in the rain. ASMR is definitely in the mix, with a soundscape orchestrated to immerse the audience. All of the elements singularly align with Emerald Fennell’s vision, from the strong performances to the dreamlike production design, the sumptuous set decoration and the elaborate costumes. Charli XCX’s original soundtrack gives the period-esque tragedy a contemporary pulse, underscoring all the angst. In a haunted romance where sex and death seem intrinsically linked, “Wuthering Heights” frequently teeters on the edge of being completely over the top without ever actually going off the cliff. Fennell continues to helm visionary films wrestling with obsession and revenge within the context of class and power dynamics. Those themes echo through Promising Young Woman, Saltburn, and now into the Yorkshire moors. Fennell conducts with whip-smart precision, and audiences willing to trust her baton will be rewarded with a bittersweet symphony. (Chad Kennerk)
Of all the roles Molano has played on Alley stages since joining the company, none stands out more than her superlative starring effort in Jane Eyre, by far her biggest role to date. But no matter the role, Artistic Directo Melrose notes she is an utterly transformative actor. (Jessica Goldman) A contributor to Tech Advisor lists 5 new horror films she won't miss including Mārama The trailer for Taratoa Stappard’s first feature promises a blend of Jane Eyre and folklore, with a touch of Guillermo del Toro style. In Mārama, the writer-director draws on Gothic horror and Māori culture to summon the ghosts of colonialism. (Weronika de Oliveira)
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Tue 5 May, 7:00pm Online via Zoom
This 5 week course, delivered by Dr Sam Hirst, takes a deep dive into the world of the Brontë Juvenilia, exploring the fantastical worlds they created. Weekly topics are: Creating Worlds: An Introduction to the Juvenilia in context; Branwell's Angrian Imagination; Charlotte's Gothic Africa; Charlotte's 'Farewell to Angria' and Untangling Gondal: Emily and Anne's shared world in poetry. The course will explore what the Brontës' juvenilia reveals about their attitudes towards empire and desire and map how the sisters' writing develops across their juvenile work and lays the groundwork for their later fiction. After reading short stories and poems from the juvenilia, you may see the Brontës in a new light!
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Elizabeth Gaskell’s famous biography, The Life of Charlotte Brontë, went a considerable way to creating the myth of the famous writer living up on the moors. But what of the image of Charlotte’s two groundbreaking literary sisters, Emily and Anne Brontë? How has our view of these trailblazing writers changed over the years? Emily Brontë’s enduring classic Wuthering Heights makes her the author of one of the finest novels in the English language and shows her to be a woman of great passion. What was she like as a person, and how was she depicted outside the family? Her sister Anne has been overshadowed by both siblings but her debut novel, Agnes Grey, and feminist masterpiece The Tenant of Wildfell Hall are now critically acclaimed. Compared with Charlotte, both sisters left little behind beyond their work, creating a vacuum others have been happy to fill with their own theories, and this has sometimes obscured our understanding further. So, what did Elizabeth Gaskell discover about Emily and Anne in her research? How have opinions on their trailblazing works changed over the years, and how has our image of them changed? Sue Newby, Education Officer at the Brontë Parsonage Museum, reveals all the answers. The last in the Charlotte Brontë and Elizabeth Gaskell mini-season, in partnership with Elizabeth Gaskell’s House.
According to MovieWeb, 'Margot Robbie's R-Rated Drama [aka Wuthering Heights 2026] Is a Late Night Hit on Streaming'. Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi's R-rated Wuthering Heights dominated pop culture during its theatrical build-up and run in early 2026. Some audiences preemptively criticized the film as a wildly unfaithful adaptation of Emily Brontë's novel. Others waited until after the credits rolled to lambaste the film online. Either way, the movie wasn't exactly warmly received. But despite the initial backlash, Margot Robbie's Wuthering Heights adaptation has taken its new streaming home by storm. Wuthering Heights is now streaming on HBO Max. After less than a day, Wuthering Heights is the number one movie on streaming in the US and across the globe. (Archie Fenn) ScreenRant also describes it as 'An Instant Streaming Sensation'. Metro refers to the film as '2026’s most controversial film', but if that is so, then 2026 seems pretty tame filmwise. Collider ranks Jacob Elordi's roles, and his Heathcliff makes it to #3: 3 'Wuthering Heights' (2026) Elordi's first-ever period-like drama...truly memorable. One of the most controversial movies of 2026, Wuthering Heights is an adaptation of the famous Emily Brontë book, directed by Emerald Fennell. This was the second project on which Fennell and Elordi worked together, and the messiest one, surely. Not because of the different casting per se, but, according to fans of the original material, because of the too-much erotic portrayal and grand lack of depth to the book's story. Now, I believe that Elordi and Margot Robbie did an outstanding job in this movie. Despite what critics and the general audience think, Elordi, thanks to his performance in Wuthering Heights, has the potential to be cast as a future Mr. Darcy, if the industry ever considers doing another version of the movie (without counting the Netflix series releasing this fall). Add the romantic value and depth of Elordi's acting...and you've got a great chance of winning an Oscar, just saying! This movie's aesthetic, scenery, and clothing were phenomenal, which added to the beauty of Elordi and Robbie's portrayal. An unforgettable film indeed. (Giulia Campora)
More movies, as Liverpool Echo recommends watching To Walk Invisible and Jane Eyre 2006 (among other, non-Brontë-related adaptations) if you've just finished The Other Bennet Sister.
Do you remember the first book you read, or the book that made such an impression on you that you kept returning to it again and again? For me, it was Jane Eyre, the Charlotte Brontë classic that I discovered on our bookshelves at home when I was about 12. Orphaned Jane and the inscrutable Mr. Rochester certainly struck a chord with me and I still have that old copy and pick it up every couple of years. It’s interesting that although I’m totally familiar with the story, I always find something that surprises me: a scene I didn’t remember or a detail of an encounter or relationship that I had skipped over to get to the juicier bits.The story seems to have resonated with filmmakers as well. I’ve lost count of how many versions have made it to the screen, big or small. Move over, Jane Austen. (Margaret Tessman)
The Maëlle Dequiedt Wuthering Heights adaptation premieres in Tourcoing, France:
Hurlevent
Une création collective de la Phenomena
d'après le roman et la vie d'Emily Brontë
Mise en scène Maëlle Dequiedt Du 5 au 7 mai 2026, 19h30 L'Idéal, 19 Rue des Champs, 59200 Tourcoing, France
Catherine aime Heathcliff, un enfant abandonné et élevé comme son frère. Mais elle épouse un autre homme, riche, plus convenable. Humilié, Heathcliff imagine une terrible vengeance. Les Hauts de Hurlevent est une œuvre brutale, sombre, hantée par la violence sociale, les fantômes et la rage d’exister. Maëlle Dequiedt revisite cette œuvre mythique d’Emily Brontë en rompant avec les clichés romantiques au profit d'un théâtre iconoclaste, à la recherche de l'humanité profonde de ces personnages. Mêlant librement au roman, des poèmes et des éléments de la vie d'Emily Brontë, la metteuse en scène dialogue avec cette autrice aux prises avec la morale de son temps et compose un spectacle très personnel qui pose des questions essentielles : que faire des histoires qui nous ont façonné·es adolescent·es ? Sur scène, les interprètes se confrontent à ce roman-monstre, porté par la musique live de la compositrice et performeuse Nadia Ratsimandresy. Le plateau devient un champ de tensions, où les passions s’incarnent dans la voix, le souffle, les corps, pour mieux révéler ce que cachent les mots : la captivité mais aussi les outils pour s’en libérer.
► RENCONTRE AVEC L'ÉQUIPE ARTISTIQUE mercredi 6 mai | à l'issue du spectacle | l'Idéal - Tourcoing
On Examiner Live, a client of the Haworth Old Post Office restaurant didn't like one of the dishes: Haworth is a picturesque market town which was once the home of the famous Brontë sisters, a trio of 19th Century authors known for such classics as Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights, along with a multitude of classic works with gothic themes and emotional resonance. It’s a lovely town, boasting narrow cobbled streets and a hodgepodge of old-fashioned shops, charming cafes and pubs, and surrounded by rugged moorland. I had a great time simply walking through the centre for the very first time and discovering all it had to offer. I was sent out to check out a restaurant called Haworth Old Post Office, located in the town’s converted old post office – the place where the famous sisters would have sent off their unpublished manuscripts. The post office dates all the way back to 1829, when the first penny post was used. (Samuel Port)
Imagine wandering through the desolate Yorkshire moors of Jane Eyre, or confronting the deadly Count in Bram Stoker's Dracula. It's one thing to imagine characters in these settings; it's another thing entirely to imagine yourself in them. Thanks to a new AI tool developed by chatbot program Character.ai, however, you can step into your favourite public domain novels with ease. The platform's latest "Books" feature enables users to literally insert themselves into some of the most beloved works of literature, from Pride and Prejudice to Frankenstein. Not only can you place yourself within the story, you can also embody existing characters, tinker with storylines, switch up settings and even change endings. Put simply, you can rewrite the classics. But should we? Interactive storytelling is nothing new – Netflix has released several "choose your own adventure" films since 2017, and video games have been playing with the concept for decades. These texts exist to be reinterpreted. The same can't necessarily be said for centuries-old novels. (Nell Geraets and Karl Quinn)
More AI garbage.
Natasha Lester, author of The Chateau on Sunset, explains in The West Australian how she wrote the book. You can agree with her views or not, but at least they're hers. Not some garbAIge. When I was 10, I walked into Duncraig Library as I'd done every week of my life thus far. I'd already worked my way through all the Enid Blytons, all the horse books, all the Chalet School series and all the Nancy Drews. The librarian wouldn't let me into the adult section of the library until I was 12. So I had to find something else in the children's section to occupy me. I decided to start reading the classics. Yes, I was a nerdy, bookish 10-year-old. I started with the "A" section, but some other nerdy, bookish 10-year-old must have visited the library that day because there were no Jane Austens left. I continued onto "B", and found a book called Jane Eyre. More than half the front cover featured a large image of Rochester on his rearing horse. In the bottom left-hand corner, taking up only about one-eighth of the cover space, was a woman. Yes, the woman whose name was on the front cover of the book was the smallest thing on that cover. That didn't strike me as particularly odd at the time — feminism hadn't quite found its way to Warwick, where I lived. I took the book home and started to read. Within a couple of chapters, I was lost forever to the magic of Charlotte Bronte's story. In an interview with Emerald Fennell about her Wuthering Heights adaptation, she said that her movie reflected the impression the book made on her when she first read it as a 14-year-old. That resonated with me. Back when I read Jane Eyre, what stayed with me was the so-called madwoman in the attic and Jane's best friend dying of consumption. Mysterious fires in bedrooms, men stabbed and bitten, an entire house burned down by the madwoman. It was only much later that I realised the main character of Jane had left hardly a mark on my consciousness. But when I reread the book as an adult, I couldn't believe that I'd been so seduced by the darkness and that I'd entirely overlooked the best part of the book — its heroine. (...) It was time to find a different era and setting for my next book, meaning I'd have to brainstorm an idea from nothing for the first time in years. (....) What if I reimagined Jane Eyre in some way? Immediately I could see Rochester's gothic Thornfield Hall transformed into the gothic Chateau Marmont. I had my book idea. I'd write The Chateau On Sunset, a reimagining of Jane Eyre, set at Hollywood's infamous Chateau Marmont during its 1950s and 1960s heyday. And I would tackle the sense of dissatisfaction I'd had with Jane's story since rereading it as an adult. What was I dissatisfied about? Well, there are many occasions in the book when Jane looks out at the hills that form a barricade between her and the rest of the world. She longs to cross those hills. She yearns to see the world, to have adventures. On the very first page of Bronte's novel, Jane's reading a book about birds and she imagines what it would be like to travel to the same places those birds do — the Arctic, Siberia. Does she? No. There's just one occasion in the book when she escapes beyond those hills. She runs across the moors and finds herself in a house with a man who's probably even more obsessive than Rochester. She promptly escapes back to Thornfield and her true love, Edward Rochester. It's no spoiler to say that, reader, she marries him. It's a romantically satisfying ending. As a child, I was completely happy with it. But as an adult I wondered — did Jane ever regret not having seen the wider world that she so longed to experience? Was there a way to give Jane Eyre an ending that was both romantically satisfying and personally satisfying? That's what's so wonderful about literary reimaginings. Jane Eyre is one of the first feminist heroines of literature. Who can forget her declaring to Rochester, in an era when the word feminism was foreign to most, that she was his equal? ( Read more)
Favorite fictional literary character: Jane Eyre. There’s something powerful about a young woman of little social standing deciding she cares enough about herself to stick by her principles. Who What Wear interviews the model and writer Julia Campbell-Gillies: Poppy Nash: What are your favourite three movies of all time? JCG: Pride and Prejudice (2005), Jane Eyre (2011) and Marie Antoinette.
The Telegraph & Argus publishes an opinion piece on how TV locations are influencing set-jetting travel trends: And this year’s Wuthering Heights film saw a tourism spike at Haworth and the Brontë Parsonage Museum. Haworth’s cobbles are well trodden by influencers wandering, wistfully, with a Brontë book. (Emma Clayton)
The streaming premiere of Wuthering Heights 2026 is mentioned in Infobae, Crónica (both in Argentina), SoapCentral, CBR, The Huffington Post, Times of India, inkl, US Magazine, Ámbito, Quéver, Taxidrivers, Collider, Cinemablend, ... The Wom Travel (Italy) explores the original settings of Wuthering Heights, both 2026 film and novel. More Recent Articles
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