Movies
May, 1990
Sometime near the end of this century, the U.S. has been renamed Gilead. Racist religious zealots and male supremacists are in charge. Women know their place, and the few who are still fertile are forcibly recruited to bear children for the elite. That's the eerie premise of The Handmaid's Tale (Cinecom), first a scalding best seller by Margaret Atwood, now a psychosexual movie shocker full of deadly implications. Starring Natasha Richardson (Vanessa Redgrave's talented daughter) in a strong, su...
