The Bride! (2026) — "My darlings, a revolution is coming!"
Frankenstein's monster has had a century of remakes; his bride has had one great film and a whole lot of waiting. Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Bride! (2026) finally hands her the lead, with Jessie Buckley as the resurrected woman and Christian Bale as the lonely creature who asks for her, the pair set loose in 1930s Chicago. On this episode of The Kulturecast, we talk the long shadow of James Whale's Bride of Frankenstein, Gyllenhaal's considerable ambitions as a writer-director, and whether the revolution she promises actually arrives.
Chris Stachiw, the Doctor of Podcasting, digs into Maggie…
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