Paul Verhoeven is back with a bang
The film is bracingly honest, devilishly lurid and black as ink
Cinema
Elle: Directed by Paul Verhoeven, Nationwide, 18,Rating:*****
Kong: Skull Island: Directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts, Nationwide, 12A,Rating:***
After a gap of ten years, Paul Verhoeven is back with a bang with the corrosive comedy thriller Elle. Over the course of a career stretching back to the 1960s, the now 78-year-old director has never shied away from provocative themes, moral anxieties and explicit violence. Elle has all that in spades and, moreover, features a ...
