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Frankenstein review – muscular but ungainly update has visible stitching

Imitating the Dog follow their innovative Dracula and Night of the Living Dead with a version of Shelley’s classic that bolts on a contemporary story about impending parenthood

The Guardian - UK · Feb 18, 2024

Shudder Just Quietly Released the Most Subversive Thriller of the Year

Thoughtful, disturbing, and strategically gross, this 2023 medical thriller is the smartest take on 'Frankenstein' yet.

Inverse · Nov 11, 2023

‘Young Frankenstein’ will have you screaming with laughter at Mercury Theater Chicago

Mel Brooks’ musical comedy is a seasonally fitting giggle fest wrought with cheesy double-entendres and monstrous puns.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 20, 2023

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Foe review: a Frankenstein tale of the not-so-distant future

Science fiction is never really about the future. The best sci-fi makes use of an imagined future world to provide a critical distance from our current time; to ask questions about what we are doing rather than where we are going.

The Conversation · Oct 17, 2023

Monstrously big production of Frankenstein premieres

A new adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein by Shake & Stir theatre company is premiering in Brisbane.

AAP · Oct 13, 2023

Joffrey Ballet tells ‘Frankenstein’ story with menace and beauty

In Chicago premiere of the late Liam Scarlett’s adaptation, Jonathan Dole powerfully conveys the hurt, twisted emotions and deep humanity of the creature brought back to life.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 13, 2023

What is intelligence? For millennia, western literature has suggested it may be a liability

In the age of the Anthropocene, humanity appears poised to destroy itself.

The Conversation · Sep 21, 2023

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Salty Brine: Bigmouth Strikes Again review – a self-made monster hit

The Smiths’ songs are transplanted on to the gothic horror of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein – and it works

The Guardian - UK · Sep 5, 2023

Salty Brine at Soho Theatre review – an extraordinarily beautiful monster mash-up

The New York cabaret darling’s show knits together The Smiths and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

Evening Standard · Sep 5, 2023

Creature Commandos: 5 Key Things To Know About The DC Comics Team Ahead Of Their Animated HBO Max Series

Before James Gunn brings the Creature Commandos to HBO Max, learn about their history in DC Comics.

Cinemablend · May 3, 2023

Frankenstein’s warning: the too-familiar hubris of today’s technoscience

Technology presuming to recreate humanity is central to Mary Shelley’s masterpiece. It is more relevant today than ever

The Guardian - AU · Apr 30, 2023

You Need to Watch Nic Cage's Trippiest Crime Thriller for Free Online ASAP

Sometimes, Cage’s manic energy is channeled for good.

Inverse · Apr 12, 2023

The ugly truth about Frankenstein’s monster: He came to life as a stud-muffin hunk

Frankenstein's monster started out not looking so bad, according to the first illustrated edition of Mary Shelley's classic novel. The 1832 volume is on

The New Daily · Mar 31, 2023

Frankenstein is a monster of a classic deserving of a proper re-read

AS March, or UK women’s history month, draws to a close, it’s the perfect time to look at a woman writer of the past who wrote a work widely…

The National (Scotland) · Mar 26, 2023

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The Conversation · Mar 23, 2023

Why thousands of volunteers are transcribing the notebooks of the scientist who inspired Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829) is usually remembered as the inventor of a revolutionary miner’s safety lamp. But his wild popularity came as much from his influence on popular culture as it did from his contributions to chemistry and applied science.

The Guardian - UK · Aug 26, 2022

When You Walk Over My Grave review – metatheatrical musings on mortality

Sergio Blanco’s bad-taste drama uses deadpan humour and a tapestry of cultural allusions to probe our fixation with death

The Guardian - UK · Jul 6, 2022

Brian and Charles review – robot comedy is bromance of the year

David Earl and Chris Haywood’s story of an inventor’s relationship with his creation blends Caractacus Potts with Victor Frankenstein to heartwarming effect

The Conversation · Jun 19, 2022

Frankenstein: how Mary Shelley's sci-fi classic offers lessons for us today about the dangers of playing God

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The New Daily · Jun 19, 2022

Frankenstein: What Mary Shelley’s sci-fi classic teaches us about the dangers of playing God

Most significantly, as one of the first works of science-fiction, it explores the dangers of humans pursuing new technologies and becoming God-like.

ABC News · Apr 24, 2022

Scott Morrison's use of 'blessed' thrust NDIS back into spotlight, raising questions neither side is prepared to answer

A political scuffle over the Prime Minister's clumsy use of the word "blessed" has thrust the NDIS back into the spotlight and triggered important questions about the scheme's sustainability. However, they are questions that neither side of politics is yet prepared to answer.

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