'Wuthering Heights'

Cinebuds · Feb 25, 2026 · 40m

When Emily Brontë shared Wuthering Heights with the world back in 1847, the response to the book was … let’s just say mixed. Critics used words like “sickened” and “unsettling” and “a compound of vulgar depravity and unnatural horrors” to communicate how unnerved they were by such a scandalous work (something that only got worse when they discovered it was written by [gasp] a woman!!!).In that context, the release of the 2026 film version of Wuthering Heights and subsequent reactions have been pretty tame — or maybe just as loud for more prosaic reasons, like not being faithful enough to the…