What's your favorite Paul Verhoeven film? We knew you were going to say Showgirls–but we'll put in a word for his latest, Benedetta, with Charlotte Rampling acting up a storm and nuns diddling each other with dildos carved out of statues of the Virgin. Improbably, the film is based on a true story: and within it, and within its subject's life, there are important themes of power, gender transgression, sin, belief and deviance that are worth discussing in more detail. Today, we discuss the 16th century mystic nun, lesbian, possibly demonically possessed and possibly visionary heretic, Benedetta Carlini.
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Episode 7: Friedrich Radszuweit
Episode 6: Sir Antony Blunt
Episode 5: Andrew Sullivan
Episode 4: James VI and I
Episode 3: Lawrence of Arabia
Episode 2: Bosie
Episode 1: Ernst Röhm
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