All about the controversial new 'Wuthering Heights' movie

Talking About

• The highly-discussed Emerald Fennell adaptation of Wuthering Heights is certainly not a faithful adaptation of the classic book. For one thing, Fennell changes the villain, though that’s certainly not the only thing that she and other filmmakers have changed from the original text. We break down the best adaptations of Emily Brontë’s 1847 wind-thrashed sycamore of a novel here.

• Actor James Van Der Beek, best known for starring in ’90s teen drama Dawson’s Creek passed away at age 48 from colorectal cancer on Wednesday. He is remembered by family, former colleagues, and friends.

• Season 2 of The Pitt has a controversial new co-star: AI. A new attending physician is determined to improve efficiencies by using AI to help with charting, but the tool she's introduced leads to a medical error. Many real doctors do use AI in their work. Read about how AI helps doctors—and the fears and risks that loom with using AI—here.

Reading

• The Renovation. After laborers finish renovating immigrant Dilara’s bathroom, she steps into “the perfect tableau of a prison cell.” Then her men and her apartment reappear and all seems normal again . . . until it isn't. Kenan Orhan unspools an eerie, evocative allegory that (literally) spans East and West. Read more.

• Rebel English Academy. Pakistan, 1979: in the wake of the execution of its former Prime Minister the young nation is a cauldron of martial law and political confusion. Mohammed Hanif’s elegant, tensile novel exposes the long shadow of colonialism in a fable beautifully tailored to resonate in 2026. Read more.

• American Struggle. As the nation’s 250th birthday approaches, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jon Meacham curates an anthology of the American experiment through the writings of a diverse cast. Meacham surveys the U.S.’s dark underbelly as well. Read more.

Watching

• How to Get to Heaven From Belfast. Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee is back with a crime drama. Her new Netflix series lands as both an example of the pivot to crime drama and a commentary on it. Read more.

• The ‘Burbs. When a new mother moves out of the city to the suburban cul-de-sac where her husband grew up, her first encounters with the neighbors call to mind contemporary horror-comedy classic Get Out. But the show finds a unique voice fast, revealing a sense of humor that is gentler than that of its influences and unusually nuanced in its take on suburban secrets. Read more.

• Single’s Inferno. This Korean dating show, in which singles are stranded on an island with little resources and have to make love connections in order to get a night’s reprieve at a luxury hotel, has racked up more than 45 million hours watched in its fifth season. We break down what happened this season here.