The Rise of the Bachelorx Party

This phenomenon has been called a Jack & Jill, a joint bachelor-bachelorette, a nearlyweds weekend, and a Bachelorx party. “I ...
Global VoicesOpinion

Gender-bending in Balkan history and folklore: Sworn virgins, ritual roles and women warriors in drag

In the Balkans, tradition is often deemed to be fixed and patriarchal. Yet the region’s history, folklore and popular memory ...
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35 best gender-bender anime of all time, ranked

Gender-bending is not exclusive to manga and anime, but it feels like it would be. The term is really self-explanatory, but it basically refers to a scenario that changes a character's gender. While ...
The Hollywood Reporter

‘The Unknown’ Review: Léa Seydoux Triggers a Body-Swap Nightmare in Beguilingly Weird Arthouse Genre- and Gender-Bender

Niels Schneider also stars in this third feature from Oscar-winning 'Anatomy of a Fall' co-writer Arthur Harari, which fuses existential horror with naturalistic drama. By David Rooney Chief Film ...
Forbes

‘Frankenstein’-Inspired ‘The Bride!’ Gets Streaming Release Date

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. "The two revive a murdered young woman and The Bride (Buckley) is born. What ensues is beyond ...
Variety

5 Reasons ‘The Bride!’ Was Dead on Arrival at the Box Office

It’s alive, but it’s not exactly showing signs of life. Set in the 1930s, “The Bride!” follows a very lonely Frankenstein’s monster (Christian Bale) and his undead love interest (Jessie Buckley) as ...
IGN

The Bride! Review

The Bride! is in theaters on March 6. Frankenstein's lightning-streaked bride has been an enduring image on screen ever since James Whale, the director of the original 1931 Frankenstein film, ...
Cosmopolitan

How To Watch ‘The Bride!’ in Theaters and Theoretically Streaming

Bursting at your neck staples to see Maggie Gyllenhaal’s reimagining of The Bride of Frankenstein starring Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale as the undead lovers? The new movie The Bride! is already ...
Rolling Stone

‘The Bride!’ Is a Monster Mash-Up of Sex, Violence, Resistance, and Ideas. Many, Many Ideas

He’s a reanimated corpse, cursed to wander the land in a state of existential misery for centuries! She’s a former moll for a two-bit gangster, brought back from the dead to become his soulmate! You ...
IndieWire

‘The Bride!’ Review: Maggie Gyllenhaal Graverobs Mary Shelley for a Wokified, ‘Joker’-fied Folie-à-Deux Zonked on Its Own Rage

Jessie Buckley's anguished scream of a performance can't sustain an ambitious feminist opera that feels unintentionally, conspicuously tailor-made to align with Warner Bros.' neighboring DC properties ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s ‘The Bride!’: First Reactions From the Premiere

The Gothic romance drama starring Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale hits theaters on March 6. By Abid Rahman International Editor, Digital Maggie Gyllenhaal‘s The Bride! held its world premiere in ...