The Bride Review: Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale Electrify a Bold Reanimation

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride is fantastically unhinged in the most delicious and deliberate way. This is not a nostalgic retread of Frankenstein. It is a reclamation project. A gothic romance filtered through 1930s Chicago Mob grit, stitched together with satire, horror, and a sharp awareness of who has historically controlled the narrative. The story follows … Continue reading The Bride Review: Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale Electrify a Bold Reanimation