Annabelle
As long as I can remember, I have been absolutely obsessed with literature and cinema - for me, both have been a way to not only explore different lives and experiences, but what moves contemporary society. Therefore, I love to explore how literature and cinema connects to societal developments and the green light it can offer to understand ourselves and our surrounding.
Articles by Annabelle
A Dollhouse in the Moors – The Domestication of Heathcliff and Cathy in the New 'Wuthering Heights' Movie
Wuthering Heights, directed by Emerald Fennell, is one of the most anticipated movies of 2026. With Jacob Elordi and Margot Robbie as Heathcliff and Cathy, "Wuthering Heights" is the newest attempt to bring one of the most unique British classics to the 21st Century. However, Fennell has created an aestheticization and romanticization of a story that originally centered on emotional and structural violence.
Words: Annabelle / February 15th, 2026
'Hamnet' Hurts, And That Is A Good Thing
In the last months, 'Hamnet', the new movie by Chloé Zhao, starring Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley, has been ever-present. Often criticized for being emotionally manipulative, the movie is, rather, a complex analysis of love and grief, and a reminder that grief is irreversible.
Words: Annabelle / January 28th, 2026
The Physical Burden of the Past: Fatherhood in Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein
Frankstein remains one of the most adapted novels to this day. In November 2025, director Guillermo del Toro presented his adaptation of the Gothic classic, creating a haunting story about fatherhood, moral agency, and the burden of the past.
Words: Annabelle / December 27th, 2025
The Life of a Showgirl is a Declaration of Love to the Present and Strikes with its Opalite Clarity and Hope
The biggest pop artist is back with her new album The Life of a Showgirl. Taylor Swift has created an album that combines her talent for catchy pop-tunes with her lyrical genius. With this album, Swift has returned with a glittery surprise and bursts with confidence and optimism.
Words: Annabelle / October 4th, 2025
A Warm Hug Wrapped in Sound: Magda Unveils her new EP "Pflaster"
At the Kulturbrauerei in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, singer and songwriter Magda presented her new EP 'Pflaster' to a hand-picked audience. It was an evening full of mutual understanding, intimacy, and hopefulness.
Words: Annabelle / September 14th, 2025
The Bear - Three Components to Serve a Dish
The Bear has been the dominating and most successful show of the last years – now it is back with its fourth season. Once again, the show delivers what it has for years: a careful presentation of ambition, passion, trauma, and family. But what makes the show so special? And what made season four so special?
Words: Annabelle / September 3rd, 2025
With A Matter of Time, Laufey has Created an Album about the Chaotic Feelings of Womanhood and Growing Up
Singer and Songwriter Laufey is back with her third studio album: A Matter of Time. With her first album since she won a Grammy in 2024, Laufey presents an album that showcases her growth as a musician, as well as her reflection of cultural tensions that come with being a woman in her twenties in modern society.
Words: Annabelle / August 22nd, 2025
Houston, Taylor Jenkins Reid's new Novel Atmosphere has Successfully Landed on the Shelves
This summer one of the most successful contemporary authors, Taylor Jenkins Reid, has published her ninth novel - Atmosphere. A Love Story that takes place in the 1980s at NASA's Space Shuttle Program. We have reviewed Atmosphere to find out, whether Reid can continue her long list of bestsellers.
Words: Annabelle / June 16th, 2025
The Nightmares and Terror of Reality - Can Goth make a Comeback to 21st-century Hollywood?
Over the last decade, Hollywood has produced one superhero movie after another, presenting the ultimate hero journey—the classic good vs. evil. But do the moral untouchables still represent the societal turmoil we are currently facing? Some of the biggest movie makers do not think so and have chosen Goth as their expression – the transmission of daily terror and the sublime. But does a tradition from the 19th century prevail and contribute to a Hollywood that tells stories in which the sublime of reality becomes the new star?
Words: Annabelle / June 1st, 2025
Hotter Than The Carpet - Unseen's Met-Gala Recap
Once an exclusive society affair, now a global pop culture spectacle. Fashion's biggest night - The Met Gala 2025 - took place last night. Unseen breaks down who set the tone, who flopped and who turned the red carpet into a runway for rebellion.
Words: Frederike, Annabelle / May 5th, 2025