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Benedetta

devils Dec. 6, 2021

18 Essential Nunsploitation FilmsPaul Verhoeven is certainly not the first director to be fascinated with lesbian nuns.

By Elle Carroll
movie review Dec. 3, 2021

Benedetta Is Pure Verhoeven, for Better and for WorseThis tale of lesbianism, spirituality, and plague in a 17th-century Tuscan convent is somehow both shocking and obvious.

By Bilge Ebiri

😇 😇 Dec. 2, 2021

A Long Talk With the Hot Gay Nuns of BenedettaVirginie Efira and Daphné Patakia discuss working alongside Paul Verhoeven, the feminist bona fides of their movie, and Virgin Mary dildos.

By Rachel Handler
trailer mix Sept. 24, 2021

Benedetta Trailer: Lesbian Nun Can’t Stay Faithful to JesusDirector Paul Verhoeven has your latest lesbian period drama.

By Natalie Lin
cannes 2021 July 20, 2021

The Best Movies Out of Cannes Are Slow, Introspective, and Utterly BonkersThis year’s French film festival was a polar-bear plunge back into the world of cinema.

By Nate Jones and Rachel Handler
cannes 2021 July 9, 2021

The Wildest Moments from Benedetta, Paul Verhoeven’s Lesbian Nunsploitation FilmPaul Verhoeven’s latest Cannes movie is an onslaught of graphic sex, graphic deaths, elaborate nun gossip, and incredibly groomed pubic hair.

By Rachel Handler