Tag: The Handmaid’s Tale
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Handmaid’s Tale Season 5: One Line Captures Serena & June’s Relationship
Editor’s Note: The following contains The Handmaid’s Tale Season 5 spoilers.One of The Handmaid’s Tale’s most profound achievements is the nuance with which it portrays female relationships. June (Elizabeth Moss) has cultivated many strong bonds with allies over the past 5 seasons, and she has also made some powerful enemies. Another prominent female figure, Serena…
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Handmaid’s Tale’s Ann Dowd Teases Season 5 Consequences & The Testamants
Ahead of the Season 5 premiere of The Handmaid’s Tale, Collider had the opportunity to chat with the cast of the series and discuss some of the more spoilery aspects that have now come to pass. While previous seasons have shown that Aunt Lydia (Ann Dowd) does have something resembling a moral compass, even though…
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Why Lydia and Janine Are The Handmaid’s Tale’s Most Compelling Relationship
Editor’s Note: The following contains The Handmaid’s Tale Season 5 spoilers. Additionally, this article contains references to sexual assault.The Handmaid’s Tale is currently in its fifth season and over the years, the show has contructed and demolished so many core relationships. None more interesting than that of Janine (Madeline Brewer) and Aunt Lydia (Ann Dowd).…
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Even Elisabeth Moss Can’t Save ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Season 5
Over two decades of TV, the burden placed on Elisabeth Moss’ face would leave a lesser actor permanently disfigured. “Mad Men” pushed Peggy from a surprise pregnancy through bitter battles with a bitchy boss. “Top of the Lake” cast her as a sexual assault specialist. Hell, even “The West Wing” put President Bartlet’s daughter, Zoey,…
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What Went Wrong with the Handmaid’s Tale Movie?
From the literary and cinematic success of The Hunger Games to George Orwell’s 1984 becoming a best-seller following Donald Trump’s inauguration, the 2010s were a prime decade for dystopias. It was a time of rampant climate emergency and the global rise of right-wing extremism, and our anxieties were reflected in the media we consumed. The…
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The Handmaid’s Tale Season 4 Ending Explained: Justice Is Served
For the longest time, “The Handmaid’s Tale” viewers have maintained that getting out of Gilead would solve all of June’s (Elisabeth Moss) problems. After a tumultuous fourth season, we’ve seen June finally enjoy a taste of freedom after many years of being subjected to rigorous systemic injustice and violent ordeals. On a more shocking note,…
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Joseph Fiennes’ Time On The Handmaid’s Tale All Led Up To One Scene
Commander Fred Waterford is one of the many bad guys in “The Handmaid’s Tale,” and the first to receive a well-deserved ending. English actor Joseph Fiennes, who has earned an Emmy nomination for his outstanding performance on the show, bid goodbye to the character after a four-season stint on the Hulu series last year. The…
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‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Star Ann Dowd Joins ‘The Exorcist’ Movie Reboot
Aunt Lydia is about to dance with the devil.Ann Dowd is joining the ensemble of “The Exorcist,” which is being billed as both a new take on the demonic possession classic, as well as the first film in a planned trilogy. The veteran character actress, best known for her work as the chilling enforcer of…
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Why Joseph Fiennes Was Glad To Say Goodbye To The Handmaid’s Tale
As a longtime fan of “The Handmaid’s Tale,” allow me to indulge you in a secret that’s not really a secret: nobody likes Fred Waterford. He’s a calculating, manipulative character who will go to any lengths to get what he wants. He’s a hypocrite. He is everything that’s wrong with this world. He’s particularly dangerous…
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The Handmaid’s Tale Season 5: Release Date, Cast, And More
(Welcome to …And More, our no-frills, zero B.S. guide to when and where you can watch upcoming movies and shows, and everything else you could possibly stand to know.)It’s been nearly a year since the fourth season of “The Handmaid’s Tale” ended on perhaps the biggest cliffhanger of the series yet, but there’s a light…