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I had my doubts about Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein, but the new Netflix Tudum trailer eased my concerns

Franken-fans got an official first look at Guillermo del Toro's anticipated Frankenstein adaptation during the Netflix Tudum 2025 event this weekend

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Everything we know about Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein adaptation

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Guillermo del Toro says his Frankenstein adaptation is not a ‘horror film’

Director says his film is more of an ‘emotional story’

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MAGA’s ‘war on empathy’ might not be original, but it is dangerous

During his most recent appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast, Elon Musk levelled a critique at empathy, calling it “the fundamental weakness of western civilization.”

The Conversation

90 Years Later, A Sci-Fi Horror Masterpiece Changed Movies Forever

Without 'Bride of Frankenstein,' the sequel movie may not exist as it does today.

Inverse

First ever image of Frankenstein’s Monster in print set to go on auction

It’s Frankenstein’s Monster as you’ve never seen him before

The Independent UK

Mary and the Hyenas review – patchy ode to Wollstonecraft and women ‘howling at the world’

Snappy movement and a Billy Nomates score can’t make up for the lack of emotional range in this portrait of the 18th-century writer

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Frankenstein: release date, cast, plot, trailer, first look and everything you need to know

Frankenstein is a new Netflix movie that sees Guillermo del Toro recreate the classic horror tale starring Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi.

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The best closing lines from books - from poignant final passages to chilling closing sentences

These brilliant closing lines will stay with you long after you put the book down

Woman & Home

For the record

The Guardian - UK

Frankenstein inspired by suicide of Mary Shelley’s half-sister, book reveals

New collection of author’s diary entries provides tragic insight

The Guardian - UK

Does taking part in Veganuary put people off meat in the long term? Here’s what the evidence shows

Humans have long wrestled with their conscience about killing and eating animals. The “meat paradox” (the conflict between people’s preference for meat and their concern for animals) may have inspired cave paintings from 37,000 years ago. Since then, many leading thinkers have eschewed meat, including Pythagoras, Leonardo da Vinci, Mary…

The Conversation

What in Me Is Dark by Orlando Reade review – the afterlife of Paradise Lost

The writers, philosophers and politicians who have raided Milton’s epic poem for inspiration

The Guardian - UK

The 25 best Australian books of 2024: Helen Garner, Tim Winton, Nam Le and more

Just in time for your Christmas shopping: Guardian Australia’s critics and staff pick out the best of the best

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Your Monster is a fairytale of rage about the horrors of musical theatre

“He really loves her,” cries Laura (Melissa Barrera) at the start of Your Monster. Post-break-up, she appears to be reading a weepy romance – but it’s actually a copy of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. The creature may be a monster, but he’s not a monster.

Total Film

Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein gets spooky first look with Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi

It's alive!

The Conversation

‘A final warning from God’: Lech Blaine’s memoir pits an average Australian family against an avenging archangel

They say everyone has a book inside them. Some people are unfortunate enough to have more than one.

The Guardian - AU

Australian Gospel: A Family Saga by Lech Blaine review – a sensational tale, skilfully told

Author’s compassion and progressive vision of family stand out in incredible saga charting the acrimonious relationship between two families

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‘I lived in absolute fear of him’: Lech Blaine on finding humanity in the born-again prophets who terrorised his family

Blaine’s working-class Queensland family represented everything Michael Shelley hated about Australia. The only problem was his children were Blaines

Evening Standard

Best Gothic novels for classic, dramatic and unsettling stories

Make every season spooky

The Conversation

The Sorrows of Young Werther at 250: Goethe’s dangerous romantic hero influenced fashion, fiction – and Napoleon

In our Guide to the Classics series, experts explain key works of literature.

The Guardian - AU

Frankenstein review – a ruthless, stylish addition to the canon

Shake and Stir’s stage version finds plenty of modern parallels to Mary Shelley’s tale of creator and creation – especially as the lines between human and machine continue to blur

The Conversation

Why Taylor Swift’s gothic work is as important as the novels of Mary Shelley or Bram Stoker

Taylor Swift has cultivated a global brand that might seem incompatible with the darkness, abjection and monstrosity of gothic fiction. But, beneath the friendship bracelets and sequins, her global Eras Tour makes extensive use of gothic elements to engage her audience and articulate her feminist politics.

The Guardian - UK

Shelley Duvall obituary

Film actor who starred in The Shining and made seven films with Robert Altman

Total Film

Mia Goth teases Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming Frankenstein movie: "It’s everything I wanted it to be and more"

Exclusive | The star couldn't be more excited about the director's adaptation of the iconic Mary Shelley novel

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