Two new movies ransack 19th century literary classics in search of 21st century resonance.

Magie Gyllenhaal's The Bride! has struggled in its second weekend at the box office and is threatening to become 2026's biggest flop yet ...

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

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride! takes audiences on a chaotic and visually striking journey through a twisted reimagining of the Frankenstein mythology. The film stars Jessie Buckley as the resurrected ...

The Bride has commenced its run on the big screens, and as of writing, things are not looking pretty for Maggie Gyllenhaal ‘s bold reimagining of the iconic Frankenstein tale. Featuring Jessie Buckley ...

The Bride! is Maggie Gyllenhaal's bold retelling of Mary Shelley's landmark 1818 novel Frankenstein in a chaotic and gloomy romance set in 1930s Chicago. Christian Bale is Frankenstein's monster Frank ...

Director Maggie Gyllenhaal tells IndieWire about developing a visual language that brings a monstrous magic to IMAX. When Maggie Gyllenhaal started prep on “The Lost Daughter,” one of the first things ...

The lack of a rich, fully articulate origin text for the Bride, not to mention how imperfect and compromised her movie ...

There’s a new Frankenstein in town and she’s a lot. Feeling dizzy after watching Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale’s new film The Bride!, directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal? Morbidly curious and looking to ...

Polina Zelmanova receives funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council to support the research undertaken as part of her PhD.. Frankenstein’s female creature, also known as “the Bride”, was ...

“Here comes the motherf–ing Bride!” author Mary Shelley roars directly down the barrel in the opening minutes of Maggie Gyllenhaal’s batty, bold, and beautiful dissection of The Bride of Frankenstein.