RYCHTARIK, WASLAV RICHARD (20 July 1894-10 July 1982) worked in Cleveland as an artist and scenic designer from 1922 to 1944. Born in Chocen, Bohemia (now the Czech Republic), Rychtarik studied ...

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride! offers less a story about the bride of Frankenstein, and more a commentary on the lesser-known ...

Maggie Gyllenhaal gives us a new take on The Bride of Frankenstein, and the stadium-conquering pop prince is back with a new album The Bride! Out now Maggie Gyllenhaal directs this Chicago-set gothic ...

This Orientalist classic, left unfinished, has had to be completed since Puccini’s death. A new version hands that task to ...

Professor of Contemporary Theatre and Performance, Queen Mary University of London Edward Venn has received funding from the AHRC. Jennifer Daniel has received funding from the AHRC, Opera North ...

From Guillermo del Toro’s latest Hollywood blockbuster to the Hotel Transylvania franchise, Frankenstein’s monster is never far from the public eye. Although the creature first appeared in Mary ...

San Diego Opera has revealed its 2026–2027 season. The season showcases four distinctive works spanning centuries and styles, ...

Director Maggie Gyllenhaal reinvents a classic monster story in ‘The Bride!’ but sewing together different genres like body parts doesn’t always work. ‘The Bride!’ is a lot. Maggie Gyllenhaal’s second ...

Maggie Gyllenhaal's "The Bride!" is a visually and narratively ambitious film that struggles to contain its many ideas. The movie features bold performances from Jessie Buckley as the bride and ...

“It started from me realizing that I was forcing my voice to be raspy. I went, why am I even acting this, let’s just do it,” Bale revealed in the video. “I loved it, it became a nice transition into ...

Minor SPOILERS are ahead for The Bride!, now playing in theaters. Did you know The Bride! wasn’t always going to be part of the 2026 movie schedule? Maggie Gyllenhaal’s take on The Bride of ...

Longtime readers know I've often advocated taking breaks from social media. It really helps, especially now, in resetting your mental circuits after absorbing so much horror, inhumanity and rage bait.