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Director Paul Verhoeven’s lesbian nun drama pushes the envelope on sexuality, but proves fairly conventional in most other respects. Let’s begin with the wooden statue of the Virgin Mary that is young ...

When you hear that the director of Showgirls made a movie about lesbian nuns, you might suspect Benedetta to be outlandishly raunchy and ferociously campy, reveling in the trashy tropes. However, Paul ...

This review of “Benedetta” first published on July 9, following its screening at Cannes 2021. Some see the whole world in a grain of sand; Paul Verhoeven, with typical abundance, expands that old ...

Paul Verhoeven takes us to a nunnery where faith, eroticism and the Black Death make for an unholy good time. By Jeannette Catsoulis When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film ...

In a frank interview, the "Showgirls," "Basic Instinct," and "Elle" director explains why that Virgin Mary dildo was a dramatic necessity. Cannes debut “Benedetta” is his latest provocation, a true ...

Benedetta is not a one off, but nuns behaving badly is a genre of it’s own (Picture: Alamy Stock Photo) Bad habits die hard, with people flocking to see the latest nuns behaving badly flick. This is ...

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