Christian Bale’s Enchanting Frankenstein Movie
The Bride! is a swooning, soot-streaked fever dream of a movie, the kind that feels less like a retelling and more like a resurrection. Written and directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal, this American Gothic romance drags Mary Shelley’s myth into 1930s Chicago and lets it dance, rage, and fall recklessly in love. It is an offbeat…
