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Virtually all pediatricians follow the dictates of the American Academy of Pediatrics, CDC and other handmaidens of the big pharmaceutical companies and vigorously support every vaccination program that comes down the pike.

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Among those gathered here in her modem voice (through scriptural images, verbal echoes, parallel situations) are women whose stories have been muffled in the Bible's tradition — Hagar, Bilhah, Zilpah, Mary, the Lord's «handmaiden,» Sarah, Rachel, Leah, Rebekkah, Ruth, Puah and Shiphrah (the Hebrew midwives in Egypt), Jael, Jephthah's daughter, the «Jezebel» of Revelation, and other, unnamed ancestresses, «missing persons without textual authority.

Secondary infections On the other hand, pathologists have noticed another factor that could be a handmaiden in the killings: a plethora of secondary infections by fungi, bacteria and parasites.

The Handmaiden, however, is far less violent and far less cruel, compared to the director's other works in Korea.

Among the weekend's other limited releases are Magnolia's Korean Cannes debut The Handmaiden by Park Chan - wook, Lionsgate's American Pastoral, Abramorama's The Uncondemned, Pure Flix's I'm Not Ashamed and KimStim Films» Creepy.

Also, the story is able to draw on both Christian and traditionally Korean shamanistic traditions and combine them with the history of Japanese colonialism to create its morbid atmosphere, which has the ability to chill even without a belief in any of its superstitions.4 That said, the bludgeoning nature of the approach kept the movie from achieving the masterpiece status many other critics have assigned it.5 By contrast, Park Chan - wook's latest, Agassi (The Handmaiden), has received a mixed reception, but I feel it is his best since 2003's Oldboy.6

In alphabetical order: Arrival Fences The Handmaiden Hell or High Water The Innocents La La Land Loving Maggie's Plan Manchester by the Sea Moonlight Other movies I loved, any of which might have made the first list on a different day, were L'Attesa, Certain Women, Christine, Dark Horse, Don't Think Twice, Finding Dory, Little Men, Love & Friendship, Our Little Sister, Southside With You, Tower.

AWARDS TRACKER DATA: 10 - «La La Land,» 5 - «The Handmaiden,» 2 - «Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,» and five other films with one win

Other Stuff We Watched Snowden La La Land Salt and Fire Into the Inferno Voyage of Time: Life's Journey My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea Colossal The Bad Batch The Handmaiden Loving A Monster Calls Arrival Fire at Sea Nocturama The Girl with All the Gifts Safari The B - Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography Moonlight Rats

Other out - of - left field picks included two nominations for the Ryan Gosling / Russell Crowe dark comedy «The Nice Guys» and for Park Chan - Wook's «The Handmaiden.»

1) God's Own Country 2) Frantz 3) Call Me By Your Name 4) The Florida Project 5) Elle 6) Daphne 7) The Death of Stalin 8) The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki 9) The Other Side of Hope 10) The Handmaiden Bonus DocHouse faves 11) I Am Not Your Negro 12) Kedi God's Own Country With its first - person vantage point of the often - romanticised Yorkshire Moors, Francis Lee's directorial debut is, in equal measures, brutal and incredibly gentle.

Agassi (The Handmaiden, Park Chan - wook, 2016) While most of the other films on this list aim for subdued minimalism, this film sounds the call for maximalism loud and clear, marrying a delightfully twisted narrative with the most pleasurable romance of the year.

The further 20 films in alphabetical order The Beguiled (Sofia Coppola, 2017) The Big Sick (Michael Showalter, 2017) Detroit (Kathryn Bigelow, 2017) Dunkirk (Christopher Nolan, 2017) Fences (Denzel Washington, 2016) The Florida Project (Sean Baker, 2017) Fortunata (Lucky, Sergio Castellitto, 2017) Ah - gah - ssi (The Handmaiden, Park Chan - wook, 2016) I am not your Negro (Raoul Peck, 2016) Jackie (Pablo Larraín, 2016) Juste la Fin du Monde (It's Only the End of the World, Xavier Dolan, 2016) Kedi (Ceyda Torun, 2017) Lady Bird (Greta Gerwig, 2017) La La Land (Damien Chazelle, 2016) Manchester by the Sea (Kenneth Lonergan, 2016) Poesía Sin Fin (Endless Poetry, Alejandro Jodorowsky, 2016) Seasons In Quincy: Four Portaits of John Berger (Tilda Swinton, Colin MacCabe, Bartek Dziadosz, Christopher Roth, 2016) Silence (Martin Scorsese, 2016) La Strada (Federico Fellini, 1955) Toivon Tuolla Puolen (The Other Side of Hope, Aki Kaurismäki, 2017)

-- B + (Review) The Handmaiden — A -(Review) Hell or High Water — C Hello, My Name is Doris — C + (Review) Henry Gamble's Birthday Party — C + Hidden Figures — B High - Rise — C - How to Be Single — C Hunt for the Wilderpeople — B - I Am Not Your Negro — A - Indignation — B + The Intervention — B - The Invitation — B (Review — The Film Experience) Jackie — A The Jungle Book — C + Kate Plays Christine — B (Review) Keanu — C + Knight of Cups — B - Krisha — A (Review) La La Land — A -(Review) The Light Between Oceans — B Lion — B - Little Men — A (Review) The Lobster — A - Lolo — C Love & Friendship — B + Loving — B -(Review) Maggie's Plan — B - The Magnificent Seven — C -(Review — The Film Experience) A Man Called Ove — D + Manchester By The Sea — B + (Review) Me Before You — D + (Review — The Film Experience) The Meddler — B + (Review — The Film Experience) Midnight Special — B -(Review) Miles Ahead — C - Miss Sloane — B (Review) Miss Stevens — B Moana — B + Money Monster — C A Monster Calls — C Moonlight — A (Review) Morris From America — B My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 — B - Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising — B (Review) The Neon Demon — B -(Review) The Nice Guys — C Nocturnal Animals — D (Review) Other People — B (Review — The Film Experience) Paris 05:59 — C (Review — The Film Experience) Pete's Dragon — B (Review — The Film Experience) Queen of Katwe — A -(Review) Race — D Rogue One — A Star Wars Story — B (Review — The Film Experience) Rules Don't Apply — D -(Review) The Salesman — A - The Sea of Trees — D The Shallows — C Silence — A - Sing Street — A -(Review) Southside With You — B Spa Night — B - Star Trek Beyond — B Sully — D -(Review) Swiss Army Man — B + (Review) Tanna — B - Things to Come — A - Toni Erdmann — B + Triple 9 — C - Under the Shadow — B Viva — C Weiner — B + Whiskey Tango Foxtrot — C The Witch — A -(Review) Women Who Kill — B + Zoolander 2 — D + Zootopia — B

LGBTQ Film of the Year Being 17 (Strand) Closet Monster (Strand) • Moonlight (A24) Other People (Vertical) The Handmaiden (Amazon Studios)

And despite the patriarchal setting, «The Handmaiden» is a story about strong women standing up for themselves and looking out for each other.