Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale star in this occasionally clever yet punishing hot mess from writer-director Maggie Gyllenhaal.

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Bride!” imagines an empowered mate for the monster. We look back at other memorable cinematic ...

Christian Bale and Jessie Buckley star in this wild, messy rewrite of Bride of Frankenstein, by way of Bonnie and Clyde, punk rock, and Lady Gaga.

Jessie Buckley, on the cusp of near-certain Oscar glory for Hamnet, is on altogether more berserk form in The Bride!. Wildly arresting as she is, she can’t stop it from being a confused mess. This is ...

For three seasons, Showtime's Penny Dreadful explored the characters of Gothic fiction, including Victor Frankenstein, Larry Talbot, and Dracula.

Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale spark a feral, fascinating chemistry, though even their undead romance struggles to animate Maggie Gyllenhaal’s unruly feminist monster mash ...

Imagine a live-action Corpse Bride movie directed by Tim Burton and starring Jenna Ortega and Timothée Chalamet. It's a great ...

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s tribute to Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein isn’t anything like Guillermo del Toro’s recent movie of ...

As the author’s non-consensual time share takes hold, Ida writhes on the dinner table. Buckley, an actor capable of seemingly ...

Maggie Gyllenhaal's radical take on the Bride of Frankenstein story takes a middle finger to the patriarchy. Plus there are ...

Experts break down the history of Frankenstein’s Bride, from Mary Shelley to Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Bride!,” and why the ...

Maggie Gyllenhaal's movie is a scrappy feminist take-off on the "Frankenstein" myth that could have used more storytelling juice.