Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Bride and Frankenstein

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‘The Bride!’ Review: Maggie Gyllenhaal Reinvents The ‘Frankenstein’ Story And Gives Sensational Jessie Buckley And Christian Bale A Monster Mashup Like No Other
Considering there have been an estimated 187 cinematic takes on Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, and about 20 of them zoning in on the Bride of Frankenstein in one wa...

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Movie Review: Maggie Gyllenhaal’s ‘The Bride!’ is a Frankenstein riff with a pulse
‘The Bride!’ Review: Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale Get Their Freak on in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Bludgeoning Feminist Frankenstein Spin
‘The Bride!’ Rotten Tomatoes Reviews: Critics Split On Monster Movie Redux
Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride!, starring Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale, is new in theaters this weekend.

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The Bride! Review: Jessie Buckley & Christian Bale Frankenstein Movie Is Enchanting
Jessie Buckley, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Marisa Tomei turn heads in luxe looks at The Bride premiere in NYC
The Bride! Review: Maggie Gyllenhaal's Beautiful, Messy Monster Movie Is An Unhinged Delight
Full of bold visuals, brutal violence, and references to all sorts of "Frankenstein" movies including, believe it or not, "Young Frankenstein," "The Bride!" is the type of movie you love both because ...

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‘The Bride!’ Review: Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale Are Magnetic Monsters in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Lumbering Punk Horror Trip
Maggie Gyllenhaal's 'The Bride!' is out this Friday: Everything to know about the gothic romance set in 1930s Chicago

‘The Bride!’ Review: Frankie, My Dear

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s time-shifting, genre-hopping riff on Mary Shelley’s creation stars Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale as outlaws in love.

Maggie Gyllenhaal Loved Those ‘The Bride!’ Test Screenings: “The Fantasy of It Being Some Horrible Thing Is Inaccurate”

The Oscar-nominated filmmaker sets the record straight on making her movie as a “dare,” her conversations with Warner Bros. and being the studio’s first release since the Paramount acquisition news: “If you’re rooting for movies like that,
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Among all the directorial debuts made by actors in this century, Maggie Gyllenhaal ’s Elena Ferrante adaptation “ The Lost Daughter ” (2021) has a special place. Nominated for Oscars in Best Actress,

Why the Monsters of ‘The Bride!’ Don’t Look That Monstrous

Maggie Gyllenhaal explained her creature-creation philosophy when it came to designing looks for Christian Bale and Jessie Buckley in her new movie.