Emily and Knock at the Cabin

The 19th-century English writer Emily Bronte and her family are the Gothic dramatic elements in "Emily," in which Emma Mackey gives an admirable performance as the author of "Wuthering Heights." Although HCC film professors Marie Westhaver and Mike Giuliano express various reservations in a podcast episode, they both really enjoyed this fictionalized treatment of a fiction writer's life. Radically switching gears, Marie and Mike also discuss "Knock at the Cabin," the latest what-if thriller by director M. Night Shyamalan. The premise asks the tough question: What if the world will end unless a single family agrees to sacrifice one of its members? Don't question that questionable premise, just go along with it and the movie is more or less engaging. 

 

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