Ariel and Morgan get lost in The Handmaiden and Park Chan-wook’s lush, twisty take on sapphic desire and deception. They unpack the film’s most talked-about scenes, from the fingerbell fitting to the mirrored finale, and debate whether its gaze empowers the women or lingers a beat too long. It’s a conversation about pleasure, trust, and what it takes to rewrite queer sex on screen without slipping into the male fantasy it’s critiquing.
