Film

For those who didn’t read it in high school (like me), Wuthering Heights is Emily Brontë’s only novel, published in 1847. It is a classic of English literature known for its passionate, tragic love story between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, set on the wild Yorkshire moors. The novel explores themes of love, obsession, revenge, and social class, focusing on the destructive relationship between the two protagonists and its impact across two generations. The story centers on the intense, all-consuming love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, a foundling brought to Wuthering Heights. After Heathcliff is mistreated and leaves, he returns years later as a wealthy man to exact revenge. Despite initial controversy for its dark and unconventional nature, it is now considered a masterpiece, celebrated for its poetic language and powerful, unforgettable characters. 

Wuthering Heights has been adapted for film and television numerous times over the years to varying degrees of critical and popular success. On February 13, the newest version of the tragic love story arrives in movie theatres. Written and directed by Academy Award-winner Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman, Saltburn), the film stars three-time Academy Award nominee Margot Robbie (I, Tonya; Bombshell; Barbie) as Catherine and newly minted Academy Award nominee Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein) as Heathcliff, along with Charlotte Mellington, Owen Cooper, Hong Chau, Vy Nguyen, Shazad Latif, Alison Oliver, Martin Clunes, and Ewan Mitchell in supporting roles. 

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Okay, horror film (and more specifically, slasher movie) fans — here we go again! Scream 7 hits screens (including IMAX!) on February 27 and of course all hell will be breaking loose. Featuring the return of original hero Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) and co-written and directed by original screenwriter Kevin Williamson, here’s the premise: when a new Ghostface killer emerges in the quiet town where Sidney has built a new life, her darkest fears are realized as her daughter becomes the next target. Determined to protect her family, Sidney must face the horrors of her past to put an end to the bloodshed once and for all. (Once and for all? Doubtful! Scream 8, anyone?)

Along with Campbell and Roger L. Jackson as the Voice of Ghostface, returning cast includes Courteney Cox (as reporter Gale Weathers), Jasmin Savoy Brown, Mason Gooding, Joel McHale (as Mark Evans, a police officer and Sidney’s husband), Isabel May, Matthew Lillard, Scott Foley, and David Arquette. Joining the mayhem will be Anna Camp, Mckenna Grace, Celeste O’Connor, Mark Consuelos, Ethan Embry, Michelle Randolph, Jimmy Tatro, Asa Germann, Tim Simons, and Sam Rechner. Co-writer is Guy Busick (from a story by himself and James Vanderbilt) and producers are Vanderbilt, William Sherak, and Paul Neinstein. The film will be scored by Marco Beltrami, returning after doing the same for the first four installments. At the risk of outing myself as a bit demented, I’m very excited!

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Dreams reunites director Michel Franco (Memory) and Oscar-winning actress Jessica Chastain for their second collaboration. This time, the edgy auteur takes on a provocative “May/December” relationship with a gender reversal: the “December” is a woman—the vibrant, commanding Chastain—and the “May” is a young, undocumented ballet dancer from Mexico, played by Isaac Hernandez, a principal dancer with the English National Ballet making his dramatic film debut.

The film centers around an uncomfortable relationship between a person of power and a person of talent, exploring the morally tangled consequences. For Franco, known for his unflinching examinations of human behavior, making the audience uncomfortable is his comfort zone. “I’m not interested in comfort cinema, in making the audience feel better,” he told Tribeca Festival Lisboa recently.

Chastain, celebrated for her fearless, emotionally complex performances, and Hernandez, who brings authentic physicality and raw vulnerability to the screen, share undeniable chemistry. That chemistry, as expected, twists and darkens as the power dynamics shift. As a Mexican director, Franco remains acutely attuned to the plight of immigrants not only in the US but worldwide. He feels this film is timely but not news. “…immigrants are portrayed (in Dreams) as sophisticated human beings, not ‘illegals’ or ready scapegoats,” he explained.

The pairing of Chastain’s dramatic intensity with Hernandez’s balletic grace creates a fascinating tension that drives Franco’s latest provocation.

Opens wide February 27, 2026. For more, click here.