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1 1 form y separately published work icon Emily Frances O'Connor , ( dir. Frances O'Connor ) United Kingdom (UK) : Embankment Films Ingenious Media Tempo Productions Limited Arenamedia Pty Ltd , 2022 25129384 2022 single work film/TV

'This boldly atmospheric, psychologically incisive portrait of Wuthering Heights author Emily Brontë sweeps us away to 19th-century England for a tale of irrepressible creativity and secret desire. The directorial debut of veteran actor Frances O’Connor, Emily makes haunting drama of a young woman’s arduous journey toward realizing her vocation.

'People in the village call her “the strange one.” The second-youngest of the Brontë siblings, Emily (Sex Education’s Emma Mackey) was three years old when she lost her mother, and thereafter haplessly seeks the love of her Anglican-priest father, who, like most everyone around her, looks askance at her overactive imagination and disregard for social niceties. Emily has an ally in her brother, Branwell (Fionn Whitehead), the family’s black sheep whose wild behaviour, penchant for intoxicants, and literary ambitions embolden Emily to pursue her passions — some of which lead to artistic discovery, while others lead to romantic catastrophe.

'Part history, part speculation, writer-director O’Connor’s depiction of Brontë’s triumphs and tragedies is rapturous, whether finding its heroine joining Branwell on a euphoric opium trip, dancing, rolling, stumbling through the verdant West Yorkshire moors, or slipping perilously into a clandestine love affair with her French tutor (Oliver Jackson-Cohen).

'Just as in Wuthering Heights, which gave us one of literature’s most piercing stories of female subjection under an oppressive patriarchy, many of the obstacles that stood between Brontë and self-actualization were the result of a deeply rooted sexism. This magnificent film tells her story so that we celebrate Brontë’s too-brief life — and remember that her struggle is not yet over.'

Source: Toronto International Film Festival.

1 1 form y separately published work icon Like Minds Murderous Intent Gregory J. Read , ( dir. Gregory J. Read ) Australia United Kingdom (UK) : Bluewater Pictures Tempo Productions Limited , 2006 Z1804037 2006 single work film/TV horror thriller crime

When schoolboy Alex Forbes is found holding the dead body of his schoolmate and friend Nigel Colby, forensic psychologist Sally Rowe is called in to determine whether or not Alex is fit to stand trial. Alex discloses some disturbing details to Sally, including Nigel's belief that both boys were descendants of the Knights Templar, his own belief that Nigel had a degree of mental control over Alex's own behaviour, and the boys' plans to kill a female schoolmate in the belief that it would allow them to gain supernatural powers. But as Sally, urged on by Alex's father, delves deeper into Nigel's family history, how many of these claims will turn out to be insanity and how many truth?

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