In Benedetta of Paul Verhoeven – to discover this evening on Canal + – Virginie Efira embodies a sulphurous nun (this is how Paul Verhoenven depicts it anyway) of the 17th century. The Dutch director of Basic Instinct, Starship Troopers or Shefreely adapted the essay by an American historian, Judith C. Brown, entitled “Sister Benedetta, … Read more
Although Valak is portrayed in “The Nun” as a habit-wearing spirit, the real demon appears as a child riding a two-headed dragon – at least according to a 17th-century demon-hunting manual. Skeptics are quick to dismiss the veracity of horror films that claim to be based on real events, but references to the demon Valak … Read more
Paul Verhoeven, “the violent Dutchman” as it has been nicknamed, returns to the past full of mysticism and plague to tell us the story of a young girl with burning love. If the subject only stirs up questions already addressed by the cinema and past controversies, the actors and the formal work save the day. … Read more