"Decidedly more Wuthering Heights than Mills and Boon"

IndieWire comments on Jane Eyre 2011's box office results this past weekend:

In its ninth frame, Cary Fukunaga’s adaptation of Charlotte Brontë‘s “Jane Eyre” also slowly began to recede. It dropped to 248 theaters (from 294) and took in $384,154. Distributor Focus Features should still be quite pleased with the film’s $9,387,816 total, which makes it the highest-grossing limited release of 2011 so far. The film, which stars Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Jamie Bell and Judi Dench, should squeak past the $10 million mark in the next week or two, as should “Win Win.” Together, the two films are certainly the MVPs of the 2011 specialty market thus far. (Peter Knegt)

The film is reviewed by the high school journal The Sotacad Journal, Welcome to the Lido Cafe, On the Reel, Woodyreviews, Words for Food, Lapine Design, Allerkins, Cats and Books and The Squeee.

Reviewing the Wild Beasts' new album Smother, Clash Music makes a distinction that we really appreciate:

Characterised by the call and response of ‘Reach A Bit Further’, it’s decidedly more Wuthering Heights than Mills and Boon - bold in places, certainly, but not as explicit or primal as its predecessor. (Reef Younis)

And while on the subject of music, the Boston Globe reviews Stevie Nicks's new album, which contains the song Wide Sargasso Sea.

“Wide Sargasso Sea’’ is as expansive as the novel from which it takes its inspiration, as Nicks mixes up warm acoustic strumming, twinkling keys, and a great shock of electric guitar rock riffery from longtime musical companion Waddy Wachtel. (Sarah Rodman)

And The Jerusalem Post features singer and songwriter Ben Sands whose

mother, Bridie, a fine singer and accordion player, was the daughter of the noted poet, Owen Connolly, whose wife was related to the Brontë family. (Barry Davis)

Literary Mancandy posts about Jane Eyre, April Lindner's Jane and Sharon Shinn's Jenna Starborn, all from a Rochester perspective. A minha nova alma writes in Portuguese about The Professor.

Categories: Jane Eyre, Movies-DVD-TV, Music, Wide Sargasso Sea, Wuthering Heights