Park Chan-wook's "The Handmaiden" (2016)

This week, Gavia and Morgan discuss The Handmaiden, Park Chan-wook's beloved lesbian thriller starring Kim Min-hee and Kim Tae-ri, based on Sarah Waters' novel Fingersmith. They discuss the film's relationship to its source material, its smart balance of tones, its depiction of sex, and much more.

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Links

“Review: ‘The Handmaiden’,” Charlotte Richardson Andrews, Another Gaze

“‘The Handmaiden’ and the Freedom Women Find Only with One Another,” Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker

“Interview: Park Chan-wook,” Goran Topalovic, Film Comment