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 ...

Verdict: Maggie Gyllenhaal’s "The Bride!" reimagines Bride of Frankenstein as a gothic romance about identity, agency and love. Set in 1930s Chicago, it follows resurrected Ida and lonely Frank in a ...

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus, has become a foundation in the world of Gothic horror and science fiction. Since its anonymous publication in 1818, it has been told and retold ...

In “The Bride!” Maggie Gyllenhaal fails to breathe new life into a classic source material. Landing in theaters March 6, actress and filmmaker Maggie Gyllenhaal’s sophomore directorial project trips ...

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Bride!” is a big, brash swing at a new “The Bride of Frankenstein” that struggles to cohere its many parts. But I’ll say this for it: It’s alive. Just months after Guillermo ...