The Bride! (MA 15+)

From Maggie Gyllenhaal (Academy Award-nominated writer/director of The Lost Daughter) and starring Academy Award nominee Jessie Buckley and Academy Award winner Christian Bale comes The Bride! A bold, iconoclastic take on one of the world’s most compelling stories.

A lonely Frankenstein travels to 1930s Chicago to ask groundbreaking scientist Dr. Euphronious to create a companion for him. The two revive a murdered young woman and The Bride is born. What ensues is beyond what either of them imagined: Murder! Possession! A wild and radical cultural movement! And outlaw lovers in a wild and combustible romance!

Cast: Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale, Penelope Cruz, Annette Bening, Peter Sarsgaard, Jake Gyllenhaal, John Magaro, Julianne Hough, Jeannie Berlin

Director: Maggie Gyllenhaal

★★★★ "Jessie Buckley is electrifying as frizzy-haired, black-tongued monster’s wife" GUARDIAN

★★★★ "The unapologetic nature of it, and the pulsating energy of the lead performances by Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale, make it the type of experience Hollywood could use more of." PUNCH DRUNK CRITICS

★★★★ "With the simple strengths of its smart writing, gorgeous cinematography, and profound acting, it steals your breath away. And that’s just the first five minutes. The Bride is everything cinema should be." NERDIST

★★★★ "Maggie Gyllenhaal's riff on the Bride of Frankenstein is exhilarating" BBC

★★★★ "Gyllenhaal has hit the zeitgeist jackpot with her sophomore directorial effort...in a ferocious, gory explosion of female rage, blood, goo and brain matter, with some musical numbers to boot." EVENING STANDARD