EvilleCon sees 'incredible' first year in Owensboro

For the first time in its nearly two-decade history, the anime and cosplay convention EvilleCon made the move from its original base in Evansville to the Owensboro Convention Center for its three-day ...
Variety

5 Reasons ‘The Bride!’ Was Dead on Arrival at the Box Office

It’s alive, but it’s not exactly showing signs of life. Set in the 1930s, “The Bride!” follows a very lonely Frankenstein’s monster (Christian Bale) and his undead love interest (Jessie Buckley) as ...
Deadline.com

Maggie Gyllenhaal Says ‘The Bride!’ Can’t Forgo “The Major Issue” Of Consent: “What About Her?”

Through her reimagined take on the iconic Frankenstein bride character, Maggie Gyllenhaal says the upcoming horror/sci-fi crime flick The Bride! cannot skirt past the issue of consent as a central ...
Variety

Maggie Gyllenhaal Says ‘The Bride’ Test Screenings Criticized Film’s Sexual Violence and Warner Bros. Boss Told Her ‘You Can’t Have Frankenstein Lick Black Vomit Off ...

Maggie Gyllenhaal joined The New York Times’ “The Interview” podcast to discuss her latest directorial effort, “The Bride” and revealed how the studio test screening process took her to task over the ...
The New York Times

‘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. By Manohla Dargis When you purchase a ticket for an ...
BBC

The Bride! review: Maggie Gyllenhaal's riff on the Bride of Frankenstein is 'exhilarating' ★★★★☆

A ferocious Jessie Buckley and a heartbreaking Christian Bale star in a bold film of "huge scope and ambition" that is "loaded with surprises". If you were a powerless woman in 1936 Chicago killed by ...
Los Angeles Times

Maggie Gyllenhaal builds her own kind of monster with the ultra-alive ‘The Bride!’

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s second film behind the camera is an inspired reinvention of “Bride of Frankenstein” starring Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale as monstrous lovers on the run. “The Bride!” follows ...
Smithsonian Magazine

In ‘Bride of Frankenstein,’ the Monster’s Wife Never Speaks. Now, Maggie Gyllenhaal’s ‘The Bride!’ Gives the Iconic Character a Voice

From Guillermo del Toro’s latest Hollywood blockbuster to the Hotel Transylvania franchise, Frankenstein’s monster is never far from the public eye. Although the creature first appeared in Mary ...
Psychology Today

Wisdom From "The Princess Bride"

Late last year, we lost one of the world’s greatest film makers when Rob Reiner was murdered alongside his wife. He was a gifted comedic actor, a screenwriter, the director of two of my all-time ...
Deadline.com

Maggie Gyllenhaal Talks Directing Brother Jake Gyllenhaal For The First Time In ‘The Bride!’ & Early Feelings Of Envy In Her Career

Maggie Gyllenhaal discussed her experience directing her brother, actor Jake Gyllenhaal, in her forthcoming Gothic romance movie The Bride! In a sprawling discussion with The New York Times, she ...
HELLO! Magazine

Jessie Buckley and Marisa Tomei lead the best-dressed at The Bride! premiere

The New York premiere of Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Bride! brought out the most stylish Hollywood stars on Tuesday night, with everyone from Jessie Buckley and Susan Sarandon to Annette Bening and ...