The director of Basic Instinct and Showgirls is tackling religion… If you need a shorthand reminder of just how far Ireland has come along – both culturally and just in terms of being somewhat sounder – look no further than the release of Benedetta in Irish cinemas. Directed and co-written by Paul Verhoeven, a man […]
4 years ago
From the director that once had a movie banned in Ireland for 22 years. In what feels like a million years (but was actually about six months ago), we wrote the headline “Benedetta is undoubtedly going to be the most controversial movie of 2021“, and at the time, that felt very accurate. The problem now […]
4 years ago
It is the latest movie from the director of Basic Instinct and Showgirls. If you thought the furore around Promising Young Woman earlier this year was something, or the noise made when Joker hit the cinemas back in 2019 was loud, then prepare yourself for Benedetta. Not since maybe The Passion Of The Christ has […]
5 years ago