First, we begin with Cannes, where Guillermo del Toro was in person and spoke about the movie alongside composer Alexandre ...

In 1818 Mary Shelley published “Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus.” In the novel, Frankenstein brings a creature to life with a "spark of being." Grotesque experiments with electricity ...

Guillermo del Toro and composer Alexandre Desplat shared details about their 'emotional' approach to making 'Frankenstein' at ...

Romance, drama, and sorrow abound in Mary Shelley, a new biopic about the famed author of Frankenstein. The film follows the young Mary Wollstonecraft-Godwin (Elle Fanning) as she rebels against ...

Shelley places Victor Frankenstein's childhood in Geneva—a nod, perhaps, to where she first conjured him. In June 1816, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, then 18, joined her future husband ...

And after reading Miranda Seymour, I know the story I would tell of the life of Mary Shelley, the writer of Frankenstein. It is the story of how the "free love" ethos which she imperfectly ...

Its teenage author, the future Mary Shelley, drew upon her nightmares to come up with a story as challenging as it is chilling. (Read about "Frankenstein" electronic plants.) The story took shape ...