Articles tagged: Emerald Fennell

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“Wuthering Heights” descends to wuthering lows

Fennell has unequivocally built a sumptuous film of texture and eroticism—but an adaptation must answer its source’s questions.

By February 19, 2026

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Why Critics Are Wrong About Saltburn

Emerald Fennell’s sophomore feature, Saltburn (2023), has been called “profoundly anti-upward mobility,” and a film with nothing to say beyond shock value. Wesley Morris, critic-at-large for the New York Times,... Read more

By December 29, 2023

Leisure

In her visually stunning thriller Saltburn, Emerald Fennell boldly interrogates facade

Saltburn is a stirring investigation of external beauty and the insidiousness that foments beneath it.

By November 27, 2023