Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride is a captivating movie. Right from its very first moments, this film knows how to hook its viewers, immerse them in its world, and so thoroughly entertain them that ...

If there is one thing that can be said about The Bride!, it is that no one can accuse Maggie Gyllenhaal of not swinging for the fences. Gyllenhaal’s second directorial feature after her acclaimed 2021 ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The Bride of Frankenstein… What’s her story? The line, “[X supporting character in X popular franchise]: what’s their story?” has become a bit of a meme lately, thanks to ...

One of the biggest surprises about Gyllenhaal’s The Bride! is just how fun it is. In some ways, it feels like comfort food filmmaking. I wondered how self-serious the movie would be, and the answer ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The Bride of Frankenstein… What’s her story? Taking place in 1930’s Chicago, The Bride! follows Frank (Christian Bale), who might be more famously known as Frankenstein’s monster.

The Bride of Frankenstein lives for only five minutes or so of her 1935 movie. She never speaks a word. A hiss. A scream. And, with that, her creators recognise her abhorrence and snuff out instantly ...

On March 15, Jessie Buckley almost surely will be presented with the Academy Award for Best Actress for her terrific performance in last year’s “Hamnet.” ‘Hamnet’ review: ‘Nomadland’ director Chloé ...

IN THE 2008 FILM BRONSON, the titular character, a prisoner played by Tom Hardy, is told by a visiting art teacher that his art—a series of faintly grotesque yet charmingly amateurish and immature ...

Over two hundred years after Mary Shelley’s novel, the idea of the “Bride of Frankenstein” largely remains a piece of lore that has gone untapped. This is due primarily to James Whale’s 1935 film and ...

The premise of The Bride! is hidden from its advertising. Writer-director Maggie Gyllenhaal opens on Mary Shelley (an acidic Jessie Buckley) stuck in a black-and-white purgatory of sorts, only her ...