Mashing together a century of cinema’s monsters and horror literature even before that, nobody’s gonna say about The Bride! that it doesn’t come to play, and play hard—nowhere more emphatic than in ...
The ‘Hamnet’ star reunites with her ‘Lost Daughter’ director on this playful and imaginative yet somewhat baffling experiment ...
That annoyingly emphatic exclamation mark in the title isn’t just there for looks; it’s emblematic of the movie’s overkill ...
Jessie Buckley commands Maggie Gyllenhaal's 'The Bride,' but the feminist horror movie is both conspicuously DC-coded and ...
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 ...
Starring Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale, 'The Bride!' is a bold retelling of 'Bride of Frankenstein' from writer-director ...
Despite its lofty goals, a disjointed story structure and grating sensibility make the film more irritating than insightful.
She doesn't miss a single detail!
Meanwhile, Frankenstein’s monster (Christian Bale) has become so agonizingly lonely in his century of undead existence that he seeks out the eccentric Dr. Euphronius (a wonderfully wry Annette Bening) ...
Just as much as I am a fan of Tim Burton's films, I am equally enthusiastic about his longtime partner in crime. No I don't mean Johnny Depp, but Danny Elfman, the composer for almost all of Burton's ...
Maggie Gyllenhaal had earned a little currency as a filmmaker and wanted to make something big. Something epic. Something ...
Maggie Gyllenhaal’s re-imagining of the Bride of Frankenstein boasts a mesmerising Jessie Buckley performance, but there's a ...