'If you want to give a child a good novel, you give them Jane Eyre'

Many sites are reporting that Michael Fassbender has carried home the LA Film Critics Award for best actor for his four roles of this year: Jane Eyre, A Dangerous Method, Shame and X-Men: First Class.

The Independent mentions Andrea Arnold's Wuthering Heights in an article discussing 'Why Britain's got talent once again on the big screen':

It's tricky pinpointing the start of this mini renaissance, but Andrea Arnold's Red Road (2006), starring Kate Dickie as a grieving security guard felt like the start. Two years later, there was Eran Creevy's refreshingly understated thriller Shifty. Both films looked like they cost the price of a takeaway, but they had not only energy, warmth and wit, but genuine tension and credible characters. You cared about these people, and the film-makers made ingenious use of their tiny budgets. Arnold followed up Red Road, with her stark, raw Fish Tank, which featured Katie Jarvis as a troubled Essex teenager, and the auteur's recently released Wuthering Heights is equally inventive and compelling. (Ben Walsh)

The Record has an article on young ones and reading:

When [Dr. Aïda Hudson's] small elementary school converted a broom closet into a library, Hudson devoured its contents. She still remembers the book that led to her current career. “It was Jane Eyre. I was 12 years old and I read it through and wanted to teach it and know everything about it. If you want to give a child a good novel, you give them Jane Eyre.” (Melanie Ferrier)

Jane Eyre 2011 is reviewed by Monotemáticos FM (in Spanish), Unsung Films and MoBlog: Mo's 100-Word Movie Reviews. Sugarpeach is reminded of some elements of Jane Eyre by The Merchant’s Daughter by Melanie Dickerson.