Chicago, succumb to the seductive charms of The Handmaiden early and for free

After spending the summer on the festival circuit—where it seduced The A.V. Club’s critics at both Cannes and Fantastic Fest—The Handmaiden, the newest genre-defying outing from acclaimed Korean director Park Chan-wook, finally settles in to American theaters this month. Sensual, erotic, and surprisingly funny, this feminist tale of lesbian love wrapped inside a twisty Hitchcockian thriller tells the story of the love triangle between a Japanese noblewoman, her Japanese suitor, and her Korean maid—none of whom are who they appear to be on the surface—in 1930s Korea.