By Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2026 has brought us not only a new adaptation of Wuthering Heights , but also, before the end of the year, a new Pride & Prejudice series and a new Sense & Sensibility film. On PBS, there are new adaptations of The Forsyte Saga and The Count of Monte Cristo . A new TV series based on Jane Eyre , starring Aimee Lou Wood, is in development. I know this is all recognizable IP with a built-in audience, but I long for movies/TV films based on lesser

By Lori Perkins As a native New Yorker, I recognize the landscape playwright Alex Lin so often explores—the city as the East Coast’s immigrant mecca, where identity, ambition, and belonging are constantly negotiated. I also come from a long line of intermarried immigrant families and strong women, and I’ve seen firsthand how the promise of the American dream can be both alluring and exclusionary. For many, it reveals itself as a system built on transactional power—historicall