Starring: Kaya Scodelario, Nichola Burley, James Howson, Solomon Glave, Shannon Beer
Director: Andrea Arnold
Running Time: 129 mins
Certificate: 18
Release Date: March 26th, 2012

When this new version of Wuthering Heights was announced, it seemed like it was going to be a relatively straightforward period drama. Natalie Portman, Abbie Cornish and Gemma Arterton were cast as Cathy at various points, while Michael Fassbender and Ed Westwick could have been Heathcliff. However the comparatively traditional directors John Maybury (The Edge Of Love) and Peter Webber (Girl With A Pearl Earring) came and went from the production, and from the moment Andrea Arnold was hired following their departure, it was clear this was going to be something rather different to what had been expected. [Read more…]