Inspired by true events and set in the 17th century, Belgian actress Virginie Efira portrays the title character, a nun named Benedetta Carlini. Elena Plonka plays her as a young girl who is sold to a ...

Christmas is just around the corner and Paul Verhoeven has left a present for us during this hallowed season: A film with lesbian nuns, full-frontal nudity, tons of sex, Catholic hypocrisy and brutal ...

If the movie gods were to choose any filmmaker alive to adapt Judith C. Brown’s 1986 book Immodest Acts: The Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy, Paul Verhoeven probably would have eagerly ...

At the ripe age of 83, Dutch boundary pusher Paul Verhoeven is still pushing boundaries, even if at this point they're only of good taste. The "RoboCop" and "Starship Troopers" filmmaker's first film ...

The ecstatic agonies (or is it the agonizing ecstasies?) that have become the signature of legendary Dutch filmmaker Paul Verhoeven are on full display in his historical religious epic, “Benedetta,” a ...

Not Rated. In French with subtitles. At the Landmark Kendall Square. Grade: B Dutch provocateur Paul Verhoeven, the auteur of “Basic Instinct” and “Showgirls” among others, takes on the true story of ...

Virginie Efira and Daphné Patakia discuss working alongside Paul Verhoeven, the feminist bona fides of their movie, and Virgin Mary dildos. Photo: IFC Films Though the movie is based on Judith C.

Paul Verhoeven's "Benedetta" tells the story of the forbidden sexual relationship between two nuns. Catholic nun Sister Helena Burns told Insider she "wouldn't waste her time" watching the film.

Seeking to appall the church and grab headlines, the Dutch director revels in hormonal explosions and the heated attempts to stop them December 2, 2021 It seems to me that, though a woman wrote the ...

The ecstatic agonies (or is it the agonizing ecstasies?) that have become the signature of legendary Dutch filmmaker Paul Verhoeven are on full display in his historical religious epic, “Benedetta,” a ...