Elle’s belle: Huppert resounds in Verhoeven’s latest
EVEN BY THE OUT-THERE STANDARDS OF Basic Instinct and Showgirls, Paul Verhoeven’s latest, Elle, is a thing to behold. Part thriller, part obsidian-black comedy, part cerebral firebomb, it’s confrontational, terrible and glorious. You almost can’t believe such a picture exists.
Elle opens with
