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Frances O'Connor starring in Train

Frances O'Connor has been cast in Train - a new thriller that will mark the directorial debut of The Conjuring writing siblings Chad and Carey Hayes.

BANG Premier · Sep 18, 2025

TV tonight: the stakes are high in this intense fight club series

Meet the south London athletes hoping to make it big in LA. Plus: Lewis Capaldi and Lizzo dominate Glastonbury. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK · Jun 24, 2023

Emily to Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Emma Mackey is excellent in a smart biopic of the Wuthering Heights author, and Emma Thompson and Lashana Lynch will have you toe-tapping non-stop

The Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2023

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Brontë! Baftas! Barbie! Is Emma Mackey the breakout star of the year?

She might still be playing with Barbies, but our favourite brooding teenager from Sex Education is all grown up now. Here’s how she became one of the biggest stars to come out of the Netflix teen machine

Evening Standard · Apr 6, 2023

'Emily' review: The power and fire of the gifted, strange Brontë sister

Late in her own relatively short life, the writer Charlotte Brontë published a brief "biographical notice" about her two sisters, Emily and Anne, both fellow writers who died tragically young. Of Emily, who died in 1848 at the age of 30 after publishing her sole novel "Wuthering Heights," Charlotte wrote,…

Tribune News Service · Feb 21, 2023

Review: Wuther true or false, 'Emily' weaves a passionate portrait of a Brontë sister

"Wuthering Heights" was first published in 1847 under the name Ellis Bell — a pseudonym for Emily Brontë, of course, and one that she adopted in tandem with her sisters Charlotte and Anne, in their individual novels as well as a book of poetry. "Jane Eyre" was published under Currer…

Los Angeles Times · Feb 16, 2023

Delirious fever dream delves into the intense inner life of Emily Bronte

This hothouse imagining of how Emily Bronte found the romantic inspiration to write Wuthering Heights plays by the rules of period drama.

The New Daily · Jan 15, 2023

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Emma Mackey brings Wuthering Heights author Emily Brontë boldly to life in Frances O'Connor's directorial debut

This creative departure from the biopic genre by Australian actor-turned director Frances O’Connor reframes parts of the author's life and inspirations that have long eluded biographers.

ABC News · Jan 14, 2023

Emily review – the wildest Brontë sister is set free in full-blooded gothic fable

The author of Wuthering Heights is no sickly recluse in actor turned director Frances O’Connor’s sensuous, spine-tingling feature debut

The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2022

Film Emily will introduce Brontë sisters to younger audiences, says co-star

Oliver Jackson-Cohen, who plays illicit lover, says outsider theme is ‘hugely relatable’

The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2022

Emily review: A fictionalised Brontë biopic that captures the soul of an artist, if not her reality

‘Sex Education’ star Emma Mackey plays the ‘Wuthering Heights’ author with profound sensitivity

The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2022

Emily review – love, passion and sex in impressive Brontë biopic

Director Frances O’Connor shows author’s creative path to writing Wuthering Heights through the two great loves of her life

The Guardian - UK · Oct 12, 2022

Frances O’Connor: ‘I’m putting Emily Brontë in the centre of her own story’

The actor turned writer-director is taking an unconventional approach to her feature film debut about the Wuthering Heights author

The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2022

Emily review – sensitive Brontë biopic is a thrillingly unconventional watch

Toronto film festival: Sex Education’s Emma Mackey makes for a perfect Emily Brontë in actor turned writer-director Frances O’Connor’s deft drama

The Guardian - US · Sep 10, 2022

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Belfast Live · Jul 29, 2022

Adrian Dunbar to star in new Emily Brontë biopic

It's set to be released in October 2022

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