Maggie Gyllenhaal

MONSTROUS TRIUMPH BECAUSE MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL’S “THE BRIDE!” REANIMATES CINEMA WITH RADICAL EMPATHY

Lynn Belvedere / 15 March 2026

Monstrous Triumph Because Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “THE BRIDE!” Reanimates Cinema with Radical Empathy and Unbridled Rage and is A Masterpiece of Feminine Fury and Gothic Grandeur. There are moments in cinema when you feel the ground shift beneath your feet. When …

Cinema

THE BRIDE: CROSSING THE THRESHOLDS

Richard Cotter / 5 March 2026

A monster mash, THE BRIDE is a sprawling wink, nod and smile to Universal creature features, MGM musicals and Warner Brothers crime dramas.

As we are told on opening title card, Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein as a dare and Maggie …