# Virginie Efira

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Culture Vulture 15th to the 21st of June 2024

Welcome to Culture Vulture, your weekly entertainment guide from an alternative viewpoint. Selections and writing is by Pat Harrington and music is from Tim Bragg. Highlights this week include the second season of House of The Dragon, the 2018 film Shoplifters, “Shoplifters” (2018) is a Japanese dr…

PAUL VERHOEVEN

The Sir and The Madame discuss three films by the great Dutch director Paul Verhoeven: KATIE'S PASSION (1975, Desert Island Classics) Directed by Paul Verhoeven, starring Monique van den Ven and Rutger Hauer. BENEDETTA (2020, IFC Films) Directed by Paul Verhoeven, starring Virginie Efira, Charlotte…

An interview with Virginie Efira, member of the international jury at the Marrakech IFF

A very spirited Mamounia-set interview with actress Virginie Efira, member of the international jury of the 21st Marrakech International Film Festival. After enthusing about the first and second feature competition and what she is sharing with her fellow-jury members discussing the films vying for…

Director Watch Podcast Ep. 113 - 'Benedetta' (Paul Verhoeven, 2021)

Welcome to Director Watch! On this AwardsWatch podcast, co-hosts Ryan McQuade and Jay Ledbetter attempt to breakdown, analyze, and ultimately, get inside the mind of some of cinema's greatest auteurs. In doing so, they will look at their filmographies, explore what drives them artistically and …

Episode 200: Benedetta (2021) and The Nun (2018)

In this celebratory 200th episode of Bloodhaus, hosts Joshua Conkel and Drusilla reflect on their journey through arthouse horror films. They delve into the thematic exploration of nuns in cinema, focusing on Paul Verhoeven's 'Benedetta' before switching to discuss the low brow effort that is 'The …

Cannes Lineup '26 + Neon & Paramount Slates - The Pictures Part 3 - YIP ep 525

Our Oscars Year In Preview Series continues with Part III of “The Pictures!” In this episode, we discuss the 2026 Cannes Film Festival Lineup and the slates for NEON and Paramount. 2:24 - Cannes Carryovers discussed in last episode including Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Fatherland starrin…

“All of a Sudden”, interview with the director Ryusuke Hamaguchi

In competition at the 79th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, “All of a Sudden” marks a new chapter in the work of Ryusuke Hamaguchi, continuing the director’s exploration of communication, intimacy and emotional ambiguity after “Drive My Car”. The film follows Marie-Lou, director of a care faci…

Virginie Efira to Receive Leopard Club Award at the 2026 Locarno Film Festival

The Locarno Film Festival has announced that Belgian-born actress Virginie Efira will receive the Leopard Club Award during the festival’s 79th edition. The award ceremony will take place on Friday, August 7, 2026, in the iconic Piazza Grande, one of the festival’s signature venues. During her sta…

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi and Virginie Efira on All of a Sudden

At the 64th New York Film Festival, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi and Virginie Efira join NYFF Artistic Director Dennis Lim to discuss All of a Sudden.  Efira and Tao Okamoto shared the Best Actress prize at Cannes for Academy Award–winning director Hamaguchi’s radiant new film about a nursing home director p…