Historically deep

Today's Zaman brings good news for Andrea Arnold's Wuthering Heights:

Andrea Arnold’s “Wuthering Heights” won the prestigious International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) Award in the [İstanbul Film Festival]’s international competition section, while Alper’s “Tepenin Ardı” won it in the national competition.

Also reported by Screen Daily. On the Festival's website we read:

The awards were handed to Emin Alper and Nejdet Arkın from Horizon Film, the distributor of the film in Turkey on behalf of Andrea Arnold, by FIPRESCI Jury President Pamela Bienzóbas.
The FIPRESCI Jury of the 31st Istanbul Film Festival presided over by Pamela Bienzóbas and composed of Kerem Akça, Noura Borsali, Nicole Santé, Erman Ata Uncu and Dieter Wieczorek.

The New York Post takes a look at actress Mary Beth Peil's library, which includes a copy of

Wuthering Heights
by Emily Brontë
The first book I ever read where I got an inkling of what they meant by passion. I took an acting class at Northwestern where we had to create scenes from a favorite book. I chose this and got so caught up in the moment in one scene, I hauled off and smacked my teacher! I got gold stars for it. She probably saw stars, too! (Barbara Hoffman)

The Asia Times uses the novel in an article about mysticism:

The first stage consists of "the identification of a lost person with animate or inanimate objects". Here, the aspirant appears to be in perpetual daze, looking for the lover in everyone and everything. The mood is often foreboding, ominous and macabre. The natural world reminds the lover of the lost object and he wishes to even court death to reunite with the beloved.
In English fiction, Emily Brontë's Wurthering Heights (sic), with its hero Heathcliff, is a perfect instance of this stage. (Dinesh Sharma)

E L James's Fifty Shades of Grey continues doing the reviews round. According to the Spectator,

Reviewers have been at pains to say that Christian Grey’s leathered peccadillos are no worse than Mr Rochester’s singular tastes; and that the female protagonist (the preposterously named Anastasia Steele) must come to troubled Mr. Grey’s rescue, just as Jane Eyre saves troubled Mr. Rochester. (David Blackburn)

Vogue UK talks to actress Agyness Deyn, who says that,

"I want to play positive role models - women who mean something to other women," she said. "Jane Eyre would be amazing, so would Joan of Arc; women who are historically deep. Doing a period drama would be really fun too, I love the idea of tapping into an era that you're not living in. You'd learn so much." (Ella Alexander)

And actor Jason Eddy also sounds like quite a Brontëite in the Royal Gazette (Bermuda):

Since February, Mr Eddy, 29, has been part of a touring theatrical adaptation of Austen’s novel ‘Sense and Sensibility’. He has the role of John Willoughby, a handsome love interest in the story about romantic intrigues of two sisters living in England in the late 1700s. The novel was first published in 1811.
“I tried to read Austen’s ‘Emma’, but I couldn’t get my head around the language and the way it was written,” he said. “Now I have come back to her work I have appreciated it a lot more, although I prefer something darker like Charlotte Brontë’s novels.”

The Telegraph and Argus argues against the Brontë country windfarm plans:

While I think there are much uglier blots on the landscape than wind turbines – electricity pylons, for example – I do sympathise with the passionate fight against plans for a 200ft mast in the heart of Brontë country.Nobody wants one in their back yard, but the Thornton Moor proposal goes beyond ‘nimbyism’. This is part of a famous, much cherished landscape, that attracts tourists from across the globe. It has enormous significance in terms of our heritage and in generating the local economy.
Despite huge opposition from campaigners and the Brontë Society, who said the structure could lead to a devastating impact on one of the world’s most famous landscapes, Bradford Council has allowed Banks Renewables to build a wind monitoring mast, expected to pave the way for four 330ft turbines on Thornton Moor, Denholme.[...]
If it’s considered perfectly acceptable to stick a wind farm in Bronte Country, surely the same fate should befall the nation’s other culturally significant beauty spots.
Why not stick one in the middle of the Thomas Hardy trail in Dorset, or in Jane Austen country in leafy Hampshire? Why not have a load of wind turbines overlooking Stonehenge, or Shakespeare’s birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon, or slap bang next to the pretty Costwolds villages populated by stockbrokers, supermodels and rock stars?
Surely there’s room for a few turbines in London’s Hyde Park, and why not stick some down in the Sussex wolds, on Cornwall’s Bodmin Moor or on Glastonbury Tor? Why not dot a few turbines along the banks of the Thames in the Home Counties, or next to the golf courses so beloved of retired judges and wealthy television personalities?
Come to think of it, there’s plenty of space for wind farms on the Balmoral and Sandringham estates, and in Windsor Park.
While there’s not exactly a North/South divide when it comes to wind farms, it does appear that we’re expected to put up with the kind of schemes that would make national headlines if they were proposed further down the country.
In the North we’re used to dark satanic mills, and chimneys and towers belching out smoke. Our towns, cities and villages were built on heavy industry.
But our moorland is precious, and should be protected from development. (Emma Clayton)

Trazos de aprendizaje y de experiencia reviews Andrea Arnold's Wuthering Heights in Spanish. Pirate Penguin's Reads posts about April Lindner's Jane. The Well-Read Wife reviews Jennifer Adams's Little Miss Brontë: Jane Eyre. The Clarke Chronicler's Walks posts about the Brontë Way.