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Kill Bill: Vol. 1 ending explained: Is the Bride’s daughter really alive?

The final scene of Kill Bill: Vol. 1 is set after the Tokyo bloodshed, not inside it. The Bride has already fought through the House of Blue Leaves, killed O-Ren, and tortured Sofie Fatale for ...

‘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 ...

Thanks to Mary Shelley, 'The Bride!' finally speaks her truth

Maggie Gyllenhaal's "The Bride!" puts a spin on a horror classic. And she found monster inspiration in a literary giant and a 1930s actress.

The Many Brides of Frankenstein

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Bride!” imagines an empowered mate for the monster. We look back at other memorable cinematic ...
The New Yorker

“The Bride!” Exclaims but Never Explains

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s imaginative adaptation of the Frankenstein story, starring Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale, leaves its ...

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

Starring Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale, 'The Bride!' is a bold retelling of 'Bride of Frankenstein' from writer-director ...
Smithsonian Magazine

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

Directed by James Whale, the 1935 movie and its prequel, a 1931 adaptation of Mary Shelley's classic novel, laid the ...