Welcome back to our first episode of the new year as we begin our journey through some favorites from the Letterboxd Top 250 for the month of January, starting with Park Chan-wook's THE HANDMAIDEN. We talk about filmmakers tricking their audiences, male gaze, and lesbians staying winning. We also recap everything we watched over our hiatus, Sutherland brings out his Nosferatu accent, Jackson watches a ton of anime, and Josh catches up with a ton of new releases.

Chapters:

00:00:00 Intro

00:03:00 What We Watched

00:31:25 The Handmaiden

01:12:33 Final Thoughts + Ratings

01:14:51 Sutherland's Pick for Next Week + Outro

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Links:

⁠Jackson on Letterboxd⁠

⁠Joey on Letterboxd⁠

⁠Josh on Letterboxd⁠

Sutherland on Letterboxd

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