The stars of Paul Verhoeven’s new drama Benedetta talk to Nick Chen about the film’s sex scenes and its surrounding controversies
Apr 12, 2022
As ABBA’s comeback album Voyage drops, here’s a brief history of the band’s cinematic highpoints, from ABBA: The Movie to Bergman Island, via Paul Verhoeven and Spike Lee
Nov 05, 2021
Benedetta will hit cinemas in December
Oct 28, 2021
The filmmaker’s Benedetta has previously come under fire for depicting a statue of the Virgin Mary being used as a sex toy
Sep 29, 2021
2021’s line-up includes Paul Verhoeven’s nunsploitation shocker Benedetta, Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Tilda Swinton-starring Memoria, and Céline Sciamma’s time-travelling fantasy Petite Maman
Sep 16, 2021
The follow-up to 2016’s Elle is set to premiere at this year’s Cannes Film Festival
May 05, 2021
Costume designer Ellen Mirojnick discusses conveying Las Vegas’s seedy underbelly, an iconic Versace moment, and how the once-panned film seemingly found a fan in Miuccia Prada
Jul 07, 2020
From a gang of teenage assassins to a Monty Python-style comedy, here’s the cult Japanese director’s most memorable works
Feb 14, 2020
On the 25th anniversary of Verhoeven’s erotic thriller, we celebrate everything other than Sharon Stone’s legs
Mar 24, 2017
Her performance in Paul Verhoeven’s ‘Elle’ has been lauded as her best yet – we talk to the formidable actress about her role in the ‘rape revenge drama’ that other A-listers were too scared to take on
Mar 08, 2017
Razzies and oscars, full-frontal nudity and accused fascism – a 26 letter rundown of the iconic director who’s been ridiculed as much as he has been praised
Dec 27, 2016
Breaking down Paul Verhoeven's take on rape, revenge, eroticism, and humour
Oct 12, 2016