Big-screen Brontës

It's all about the movies today. Same Same (Australia) reviews Jane Eyre 2011:

What I think makes this particular version of Jane Eyre stand out from the rest is an impeccable aesthetic and a fantastically strong cast.
Australia’s own Mia Wasikowska really does drive this film, the strength of her performance as Jane Eyre is only complimented by her fantastic supporting cast. Michael Fassbender as quite a dreamy Mr. Rochester and Dame Judi Dench as Mrs. Fairfax are just two of the highlights. Dench, as you would expect, effortlessly steals every scene she’s in. [...]
While many may be wary to lend themselves to the most recent in a slew of adaptations, Fukanaga really does compliment his source material with a beautiful version of a timeless story. (mjw88)

And IndieWire's The Playlist includes the film among 'the best films of 2011... so far'.

“Jane Eyre”—When it was announced that “Sin Nombre” director Cary Fukunaga was going to be adapting a dusty Charlotte Brontë novel that was already been made for both the big and small screen multiple times we were both excited and nervous. Would it be another fussy period movie or would Fukunaga make good on the promise of his feature film debut? Well, with Michael Fassbender and Mia Wasikowska leading the way, Fukunaga’s film is deliriously sensual, with an electric current running through the unlikely tale of romance unlike any of its previous incarnations. Fassbender and Wasikowska make it look too easy, and let’s hope the spring release date doesn’t mean it’s forgotten when the end of the year rolls round. (Kevin Jagernauth)

Nouse (UK) is looking forward to seeing the film this autumn.

Bridesmaids is nevertheless part of a summer, (with the exception of Harry Potter), set to be dominated as always by American movies. But I can’t help but be more excited by some of the British movies that are coming this Autumn: We Need To Talk About Kevin, Jane Eyre, and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy. Make sure that the books all three of those are based on are on your summer reading list. (Michael Allard)

The Derbyshire Times has useful info for tourists wanting to visit the area where the latest Jane Eyre was shot:

Derbyshire’s Peak District and the county’s beauty spots are continuing to feature in movies which are boosting tourism and business in the region.
Visit Peak District and Derbyshire tourism board revealed how famous historic buildings and landscapes are to be showcased in a new cinematic version of Jane Eyre.
The movie starring Jamie Bell and Dame Judi Dench is due for UK release on September 9 and features Haddon Hall, Wingfield Manor, Stanage Edge and Edale.
Film buffs will also be able to enjoy outdoor showings of movies in fantastic Derbyshire settings this summer and track down film locations thanks to a visitor guide.
Visit Peak’s marketing chief David Thornton said: “Film generates a lot of interest in the region from well-known hits like Pride and Prejudice and The Damned United.” [...]
Locations for local movies are listed with www.visitbritain.com and in Visit Peak’s 2011 Visitor Guide available via www.visitpeakdistrict.com.

Another IndieWire blog, Women and Hollywood, has a post on 'Films to Watch for This Fall on the Film Fest Circuit: The Women'. The list includes Andrea Arnold's Wuthering Heights:

”Wuthering Heights,” directed by Andrea Arnold
A departure from her “Red Road” and “Fish Tank,” British director Andrea Arnold is back with her Emily Brontë adaptation “Wuthering Heights.” Starring unknown actors Kaya Scodelario, James Howson and Oliver Milburn, the film concluded principal photography last November. With Arnold behind it, the film promises to put a unique spin on the gothic classic and should provide any festival with a definite touch of class. [Peter Knegt] (Melissa Silverstein)

The Independent reviews 'last night's TV' which included the documentary For Neda:

It seems Neda wasn't an acquiescent member of the compulsory nunnery that Iran became after the revolution, arguing about what she was entitled to wear to school, and ignoring the regime's literary prohibitions against such dangerously inflammatory texts as Wuthering Heights. (Tom Sutcliffe)

And once again, echoes of Jane Eyre are found in the South Korean film Hanyo (The Housemaid), which is now reviewed by the Baltimore City Paper:

The imperiled governess is a staple of melodramatic plotting going back to Jane Eyre, but 2010 found it still surprisingly lively and adaptable in the South Korean film The Housemaid. (Lee Gardner)

In a discussion on anonymity and pseudonyms, the Brisbane Times mentions the Brontës.

Books by their Story and Pustoaica scrie (in Romanian) post about Jane Eyre. Miss Danni (in Portuguese) didn't like the 2006 BBC adaptation of the novel. Les Soeurs Brontë (in French) keeps on listing Jane Eyre's daughters. Number three is Sylvia Townsend Warner's Lolly Willowes. My Reading Room briefly recommends Wuthering Heights. And Miss Grammarian reviews Rachel Ferguson's The Brontës Went to Woolworths.

Categories: Jane Eyre, Movies-DVD-TV, Wuthering Heights