Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The film is, surprisingly enough, an adaptation of Sarah Waters’s 2002 novel Fingersmith, a Victorian crime novel about a petty ...

There comes a point in “The Handmaiden,” a tantalizing triple-decker entertainment from the South Korean director Park Chan-wook, when a book of lurid Japanese erotica opens up to reveal a drawing of ...

There’s a memorable sex scene about a quarter of the way through “The Handmaiden,” where Sook-hee (Kim Tae-ri), the young maid tasked with deceiving Lady Hideko (Kim Min-hee) into marrying the devious ...

Following his disappointing first foray into English-language filmmaking with the violent and visually arresting but silly "Stoker," Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook returns to his native land with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “The Handmaiden” is a Korean drama that’s adapted from the novel “Fingersmith.” It’s about a heiress and her handmaiden, who’s ...

At nearly two-and-a-half-hours, Park Chan-wook‘s period pulp funhouse “The Handmaiden” is a long con but never a lengthy one. It’s more breathless than many thrillers half its running time, and twice ...

Amongst the plethora of brilliant, inventive directors that have come out of South Korea in the 21st century, Park Chan-wook occupies a special place in my heart. Before high-caliber artists like Bong ...

When you spend your time making revenge movies, people may start to call you “the revenge guy”—and, in the last decade of his career, Park Chan-wook hasn’t exactly given the impression he’s eager to ...

Park Chan-wook first garnered widespread critical success with his 2003 mystery thriller “Oldboy,” which won the Grand Prix at that year’s Cannes awards and received positive notices from Roger Ebert ...

“The Handmaiden” may be one of the best movie bargains of the year. The latest from acclaimed South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook, the film packs in more plot twists, story turns and character ...