What is 'The Bride!' about? “The Bride!” is based on the character of The Bride of Frankenstein, a character that first appeared in Mary Shelley’s Gothic novel. The story has been a prevalent one in ...

David O. Russell’s Amsterdam, a star-studded mystery-comedy set in the heady interwar years of the 1930s, starts with a tagline: “A lot of this actually happened.” It’s a nice trick—a way to harness ...

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March 16, 2026 • Mexican novelist Álvaro Enrigue re-imagines the story of the American West — and the Apache fight for survival — in an epic that's both defiantly challenging and, at times, magical.

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