In the opening beats of The Bride!, the second feature written and directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal, the ghost of Mary Shelley (Jessie Buckley) mutters to herself from some dark corner of the ...

Embodying this fascinating patchwork of ideas good and bad is the Irish actress Jessie Buckley, who will soon find herself in the odd position of winning an Oscar for a serious prestige movie while ...

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Maggie Gyllenhaal’s "The Bride!" is deeply flawed — and more exciting than any recent take on Mary Shelley's work.

While 'The Bride!' seems destined to be a future camp classic, let's revisit the original 'Bride Of Frankenstein' & unpack its queer subtext.

The Bride! is guilty of overindulging in feminist buzzwords and girl power imagery; it even has Buckley's Bride jarringly ...

Shelley finds Ida, a woman on the verge in Depression-era Chicago, and worms her way into her brain. She gives her the push ...

With Bride of Frankenstein In 1935, director James Whale brought to life more than just a would-be wife for his first monstrous creation. He helped electrify a Hollywood playbook that Marvel, DC and ...

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Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale star in the actor-director’s confused, semi-satirical film that sets its Gothic story in 1930s Chicago.

Maggie Gyllenhaal's "The Bride!" puts a spin on a horror classic. And she found monster inspiration in a literary giant and a 1930s actress.

That annoyingly emphatic exclamation mark in the title isn’t just there for looks; it’s emblematic of the movie’s overkill ...