Wired discusses the changes in the romantic literary genre:
Pride, prejudice, madding crowds, or simply the wreckage of a first marriage washing up on the Cornish coast: All of these can be overcome in hope of a better future with one’s partner of choice. Choice gives the fantasy its power. In her brief history of the romance novel, librarian Amanda Pagan notes that Jane Austen and Charlotte Brontë “introduced female characters who were ultimately rewarded with successful marriages for expressing their individuality or their own desires.” At the time, this was considered groundbreaking. Not much has changed. (Madeline Ashby)
Lynn News lists the best films of 2022:
2- Emily (15)This film takes what fans already know about the most enigmatic of the Brontë sisters and the author of the classic Wuthering Heights and mixes facts with fantasy to produce a most wonderful story.We meet Emily (Emma Mackey) on her deathbed at the family home in Howarth (sic), west Yorkshire, in 1848, with younger sister Anne (Amelia Gething) asking how she managed to write her classic novel.Then we’re treated to two hours of drama, turmoil and romance as her 30 years on earth are played out on the big screen in beautiful and tragic fashion, Mackey moving from sultry to sexy, from naive to naughty, seemingly at the flick of a switch. (Jeremy Ransome)
The film is the second most voted in the category of British Film at the Digital Spy Reader Awards 2022.
The Times recaps the most notable deaths of the year including
Dame Paula Rego, artist, was born on January 26, 1935. She died after a short illness on June 8, 2022, aged 87However one might seek to define British art in the late 20th century, Paula Rego stood out from the pack. She was unique, almost defiantly so. That was not only because she was of Portuguese origin. The world she depicted in her paintings and illustrations was her own private world of the imagination: even when she was illustrating texts such as Jane Eyre or Peter Pan, the worlds of Charlotte Brontë and JM Barrie were subtly made to conform with her own peculiar way of seeing life.
OTT Play reviews the film adaptation, directed by Matthew Warchus, of the Tim Minchin musical, based on Roal Dahl's novel, Matilda:
Matilda Wormwood (Alisha Weir) is a young girl who is neglected and detested by her parents (Andrea Riseborough and Stephen Graham). She has a sharp mind and immerses herself in books from the likes of Brontë and Dostoevsky that she has taught herself to read. (Dhwani Desai)
Culturopoing (France) reviews the film Tbe Banshees of Inisherin by Martin McDonagh:
Les alentours de la maison de Pádraic et Siobhán, bien que leur demeure soit probablement blanchie à la chaux et agréable à l’œil, pourraient être décrits en des termes similaires à ceux d’Émily Brontë dans Les Hauts de Hurlevent (à cela près, bien sûr, qu’Émily Brontë n’était pas Irlandaise) :Certes on doit avoir là-haut un air pur et salubre en toute saison : la force avec laquelle le vent du nord souffle par-dessus la crête se devine à l’inclinaison excessive de quelques sapins rabougris plantés à l’extrémité de la maison, et à une rangée de maigres épines qui toutes étendent leurs rameaux du même côté, comme si elles imploraient l’aumône au soleil. (Judith Langendorff) (Translation)
Sandefjords Blad (Norway) announces a local prescreening of Emily in Norway next December 29 (the official Norway premiere is next January 6). AnneBrontë.org posts the last of the Advent series posts.
