Sentences with phrase «as handmaidens»

His favorite tack is to describe his detractors as handmaidens of «fossil fuel interests.»

Abortion rights advocates dressed as handmaidens from the Margaret Atwood tale held a silent protest to call for passage of a reproductive rights bill in the New York State Senate.

Abortion rights advocates dressed as handmaidens from the Margaret Atwood tale hold a silent protest Monday to call for passage of a reproductive rights bill in the state Senate.

Evangelical retrieval of a proper biblical theology of Mary will give attention to five explicit aspects of her calling and ministry: Mary as the daughter of Israel, as the virgin mother of Jesus, as Theotokos, as the handmaiden of the Word, and as the mother of the Church.

UPDATE: I'm not sure how it is that Horner could be characterized as a handmaiden for trial lawyers.

Among the winners of the Ansari X Prize was the X Prize Foundation itself, which, as handmaiden to Burt Rutan's accomplishment, has been accorded prestige that in turn has granted it access to the most rarefied levels of the entrepreneurial economy.

THE HANDMAIDEN South Korea, 2016 U.S Premiere, 145 min Director — Park Chan - Wook In the 1930s, country girl Sook - Hee is hired as a handmaiden to Japanese heiress Lady Hideko, who lives a secluded life with her uncle.

Sook - Hee is to pose as a handmaiden for the wealthy heiress Lady Hideko, and gain her trust.

A conman (Jung - woo), sends a pickpocket (Tae - ri) disguised as a Handmaiden to dupe a wealthy Lady (Min - hee) into marrying him.

All he needs is her willing hand until the ceremony, which is where Sook - hee comes in, posing as a Handmaiden, whispering into Hideko's ear about how charming and eligible of marriage the con - man is.

And it helps that he's surrounded by a stellar cast of supporting players: Claude Rains as the evil Prince John, ethereal Olivia de Havilland as the beautiful Maid Marion, plucky Una O'Connor as her handmaiden, Basil Rathbone as swordfighting Sir Guy, frog - voiced Eugene Pallette as Friar Tuck and Alan Hale as Little John.

Offered to the Church at the age of eight, Hildegard was entombed in a small room where she was expected to live out her days in silent submission as the handmaiden of a renowned but disturbed young nun, Jutta von Sponheim.

I see the burning of fossil fuels as the handmaiden of human betterment down the ages, and before I see it denied to today's developing populations and to future generations, I want to see proper scientific evidence.

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And for all his vaunted political savvy, Lasher seems to have served as little more than a handmaiden to this effort.

But then, the New York Post comes along and validates and reports a position I have taken from DAY ONE — interracial dating isn't about exclusion, but inclusion; and choose character above color — and now it seems previous outlets who viewed me as hell's handmaiden for white supremacy are beginning to soften their position.

(Talk show host Larry King also gets added screen time as their transgendered handmaiden, uttering the line, «That Prince Charming makes me hotter than July.»)

Sworn to her country body and soul, Elizabeth must resist her love for charismatic seafarer Sir Walter Raleigh (Clive Owen) and watch as he and her handmaiden grow closer.

SHORT TAKES The Birth of a Nation by Michael Koresky, Demon by Ela Bittencourt, The Handmaiden by Violet Lucca, The Apostate by Yonca Talu, As I Open My Eyes by Michael Joshua Rowin

North America and Europe are the most represented continents (as is usual) with a single film to show for South America (Brazil's Aquarius from Kleber Mendoça Filho) and just two for Asia — Brilliante Mendoza with Ma» Rosa from the Philippines and Park Chan - Wook's The Handmaiden from South Korea.

Though «The Handmaiden» has just a few gory scenes, one involving the flow of blood from a woman who at least poses as a virgin, another being an extended scene of torture involving the cutting off of fingers and a hand.

I wonder whether Kim Min - hee would come across as quite so mercurial and troubling here if we hadn't previously seen her as the protean, infinitely deceptive ingénue fatale in Park Chan - wook's The Handmaiden.

Made her first international screen appearance in 2002 with a small part as Queen Amidala's handmaiden, Dorme, in George Lucas» Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones.

IT: Chapter Two Filmmaker Andy Muschietti is making a key change for «IT: Chapter Two,» the filmmaker has enlisted Checco Varese («The 33,» «Replicas») to take over as cinematographer from the first film's Chung - hoon Chung («Oldboy,» «The Handmaiden»).

After about five minutes of grandiose solemnity, Park drops the charade, revealing that the titular handmaiden, Sook - hee (Kim Tae - ri), is actually a master thief who's been assigned to persuade a Japanese heiress, Hideko (Kim Min - hee), to marry Sook - hee's confederate (Ha Jung - woo), who poses as one Count Fujiwara.

Winfried the practical joker would appreciate what Park Chan - wook does with his latest film, The Handmaiden (Grade: B +), which starts out looking as if it'll be a deeply serious (and seriously depressing) tale of a Korean «comfort woman» forced to service the occupying Japanese military.

Loosely based on (or «inspired by,» per the credits) Sarah Waters» 2002 novel Fingersmith, which was set in Victorian England, The Handmaiden gets progressively trashier and more overheated as it goes along, serving up multiple plot twists and replaying earlier scenes from a radically different perspective.

«The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki» - Finland «Toni Erdmann» - Germany «Julieta» - Spain «A Man Called Ove» - Sweden «The Salesman» - Iran «The Ardennes» - Belgium «Ma» Rosa» - Philippines «The Handmaiden» - South Korea «Elle» - France «Paradise» - Russia Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media Title of Film «Zootopia» «Kubo and the Two Strings» «Moana» «Finding Dory» «My Life As a Zucchini» «The Jungle Book» «The Red Turtle» «Miss Hokusai» «Trolls» «Your Name» Motion Picture, Documentary

«Kubo and the Two Strings» was named Best Animated Film, while «O.J.: Made in America» won Best Documentary and «The Handmaiden» earned honors as the Best Foreign Language Film.

The Handmaiden: Park Chan - wook is as close to cinematic royalty as we get today.

Before she was a mainstay of the «Insidious» movies alongside Patrick Wilson or had joined the «X-Men» franchise as CIA Agent Moira MacTaggert, Rose Byrne was one of the handmaidens serving Queen Amidala (Natalie Portman) in the «Star Wars» prequels.

The Handmaiden contains multitudes: It's a sumptuous romantic period piece, as well as a sexy spy thriller, replete with secret identities and triple - crosses.

The selection also includes a number of films that premiered at previous festivals, including «Loving,» Andrea Arnold «s raucous «American Honey,» Paul Verhoeven «s subversive «Elle,» Park Chan - wook «s kinky «The Handmaiden,» Jim Jarmusch «s quiet «Paterson,» Asghar Farhadi «s dramatic «The Salesman» and Maren Ade's funny and touching «Toni Erdmann,» all of which screened in Cannes, as well as the Sundance hits «The Birth of a Nation» (from Nate Parker) and «Manchester by the Sea» (Kenneth Lonergan).

Sex isn't just a narrative necessity - something to try and get past with as little awkwardness as possible, in The Handmaiden, it is celebrated and at its core.

This latest exercise in Hong - ian preoccupations stars The Handmaiden's Kim Min - hee as an actor in a two - part story; the first part is set in Germany, the second in Korea.

Movies also notching wins: Christine, the devastating docudrama starring Rebecca Hall as ill - fated «70s newswoman Christine Chubbuck; the lesbian - tinged spectacle The Handmaiden; and the Kate Winslet romp The Dressmaker (Campy Flick of the Year).

Right from when it premiered at Sundance, the film has garnered comparison to films such as «Heathers» and «Cruel Intentions» for its unsettling depiction of teenage life, along with the work of Korean filmmaker Park Chan - wook («Oldboy,» «The Handmaiden») for its air of chilly stylization.

The Handmaiden has had a curious journey to screen, starting life as Fingersmith, a 2002 historical novel of Victorian mores and crime, by Welsh novelist Sarah Waters.

Andrea Arnold, with American Honey, attempted a reimagining of Jack Kerouac's masculine Beat Generation manifesto On the Road as a modern expression of a woman's sex - rebel freedom; with The Handmaiden, Park Chan - wook adapted Sarah Waters's novel Fingersmith by upping the agency of its femme fatales; and while Maren Adé's Toni Erdmann may be named after its male protagonist, it's much more about the effect he has on his daughter, an independent businesswoman.

On a much more technical level there's plenty to praise about The Handmaiden too: regular collaborator Chung - hoon Chung's cinematography is as gorgeous as ever; delicate where it matters and fantastically pulpy in equal measure.

But as we watch the Handmaiden, so wrapped up in the lesbian relationship at the heart of the story, the film works just as strongly without narrative flourishes.

In scenes where Padme and Queen Amidala appear together, Natalie Portman is Padme, while Keira Knightley is Sabe, one of the handmaidens disguised as the Queen.

As Americans flock to the movie, Zero Dark Thirty, by the brilliant and gifted director, Kathryn Bigelow (whom Naomi Wolf appositely named the new Leni Riefenstahl, «torture's handmaiden» and «apologist for evil») to rejoice in the apparent success of the U.S. government's plan for sodomizing and water boarding suspected Muslim terrorists, no U.S. citizen, whether living within or outside the U.S., is safe from drone surveillance or assassination.

This dark, sophisticated novel, true to fairy - tale conventions, follows fifteenth - century Ismae, a handmaiden to Motrain, the god of Death, as she tries to protect a young duchess.

Fathered by Morain, also known as Death, these handmaidens are taught warfare and womanly arts to carry out his wishes.

In Episode One, you also play as Klára Rusznyák, a handmaiden to the noblewoman Erzsébet Báthory.

It's maybe easier to swallow the future when it's framed as science fiction; stories like The Handmaiden's Tale (1985) perhaps more productively frame the potential problems of repressive societies, so we can learn to spot warning signs when they appear.