Episode #442: 'Wuthering Heights' with Alys Murray

Romance novelist and filmmaker Alys Murray (alysmurray.com) joins us to unpack Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights adaptation, and (perhaps unsurprisingly) opinions are varied! What does the movie have in common with Grease 2? Listen and learn! Plus, we have a Hotline call all about movie characters that need family or couples counseling.

What’s Good

Alonso - Nathan Rabin’s The Fractured Mirror (nathanrabin.substack.com/p/tremendously-exciti…)

Drea - Talking Spindle Cove on Reading Smut (maximumfun.org/episodes/reading-smut/why-do-we…)

Alys - The Artful Dodger (hulu.com/series/the-artful-dodger-f3c3093b-867…) TV series

Kevin - Valentine’s Day romance, courtesy of Avengers: Endgame

ITIDIC

• Bad Bunny Sets First Lead Movie Role in ‘Porto Rico’ With Norton, Bardem (variety.com/2026/film/news/bad-bunny-porto-ric…)

• Remembering a Trio of of Hollywood Greats We Lost this Week

(Tom Noonan (hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/tom-no…) • Frederick Wiseman (npr.org/2026/02/16/1184170407/frederick-wisema…) • Robert Duvall (apnews.com/article/robert-duvall-dead-6ddb67ba…))

- Alonso recommends The Store (kanopy.com/en/lapl/video/2191372) as a Wiseman entry point.

- Tom Noonan’s The Wife (justwatch.com/us/movie/the-wife) is an adaptation of his play, Wifey.

Staff Picks

Drea - Emily (justwatch.com/us/movie/emily-2022)

Alonso - A Useful Ghost (justwatch.com/us/movie/a-useful-ghost)

Alys - Dangerous Beauty (justwatch.com/us/movie/dangerous-beauty)

Kevin - Sliding Doors (justwatch.com/us/movie/sliding-doors)

Alys Murray’s new book is A Little Buzzed (penguinrandomhouse.com/books/769296/a-little-b…)

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Produced by Marissa Flaxbart (instagram.com/flaxbart)
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher (twitter.com/swish)