Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. "The two revive a murdered young woman and The Bride (Buckley) is born. What ensues is beyond ...

Just like how women’s stories matter (they just do!), movie monsters are gayyyyy, they just are! Compelling beasties who get ostracized by the rest of the world because of the way they were born have ...

In “The Bride!” Maggie Gyllenhaal fails to breathe new life into a classic source material. Landing in theaters March 6, actress and filmmaker Maggie Gyllenhaal’s sophomore directorial project trips ...

Show some love for your local favorites! Don’t delay. Nominations are due on Sunday, May 3. Mary Shelley (Jessie Buckley) is dead, but she has things to say. Addressing the audience as “darlings,” the ...

Maggie Gyllenhaal's "The Bride!" is a big, brash swing at a new "The Bride of Frankenstein" that struggles to cohere its many parts. But I'll say this for it: It's alive. Just months after Guillermo ...

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 ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. I’m talking about the 1935 classic starring Boris Karloff as Frankenstein’s monster, and Elsa ...

With Bride of Frankenstein In 1935, director James Whale brought to life more than just a would-be wife for his first monstrous creation. He helped electrify a Hollywood playbook that Marvel, DC and ...

Frankenstein’s female creature, also known as “the Bride”, was the first female monster to appear on screen, in the 1935 Frankenstein sequel: The Bride of Frankenstein. An unruly and rebellious figure ...

Titular punctuation is the bane of a movie critic’s existence. Is it 28 Days Later or 28 Days Later … ? Do we really have to put quotation marks around “Wuthering Heights,” no matter how often Emerald ...

Since the invention of moving pictures, directors have been drawn to Mary Shelley’s 19th century gothic classic, “Frankenstein.” In 1931 James Whale offered his definitive take on the story with actor ...

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Bride!” is a big, brash swing at a new “The Bride of Frankenstein” that struggles to cohere its many parts. But I’ll say this for it: It’s alive. Just months after Guillermo ...