AroView: A bold feminist retelling of the Bride of Frankenstein set in 1930s Chicago from actor-turned-director Maggie Gyllenhaal, inspired and haunted by the ghost of writer Mary Shelley (who never wrote a ‘bride’ character for Frankenstein’s monster).

It’s a hot mess that matches the titular character’s hair and makeup, but also a wild, entertaining ride fuelled by a bravura performance by Jessie Buckley and a deliciously deadpan one by Christian Bale as her zombie groom, ‘Frankenstein’.

“Maggie Gyllenhaal’s second feature is an explosive representation of social disruption. A screaming cry of a film, The Bride! utilizes its literary and filmic influences - Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, Bartleby, Bonnie & Clyde - to belt a clarion call against upper-crust hedonism, police complicity, violence against women, and the patriarchal system that binds them all.” ~Gregory Nussen, Screen Rant

“Buckley is a powerhouse and Gyllenhaal’s script is so bold and fresh that even when it doesn’t work it pulls you in.” ~Kristen Lopez, The Film Maven