Writer-director Maggie Gyllenhaal proves with her second film, "The Bride!", that not all ideas should be brought to life.

Christian Bale went deep into Frankenstein history for his role in The Bride! Set in 1930s Chicago, the Maggie Gyllenhaal-directed film sees a lonely Frankenstein (Bale) enlist Dr. Euphronious to ...

Christian Bale and Jessie Buckley in 'The Bride' Inspired to watch the 1935 original for the first time after seeing a tattoo of the Bride on a stranger's forearm, Gyllenhaal was left with a question ...

Welcome back to our queer film retrospective, “A Gay Old Time.” In this week’s column, with Frankenstein riff The Bride! hitting theaters, let’s revisit 1935’s subtextually queer horror classic Bride ...

Seeing the Wild Rose and Oscar-award-winning star go bravura and unhinged to portray a radical new vision of Frankenstein’s spouse isn’t the first time queerness and the Bride of Frankenstein have ...

When it rains, it pours, and “The Bride!” is a thunderstorm. After considering the film’s mess of a plot and watered-down ...

Maggie Gyllenhaal explains how a striking tattoo led her to watch 1935's The Bride of Frankenstein, which left her with a burning question that inspired her new film. The writer-director breaks down ...