When Hard Meets Soft: The Painful Pleasures of Nunsploitation Cinema

Still: Behind Convent Walls

My fascination with nuns in cinema began in high school. I attended a Montreal all-girls Catholic academy and did little socializing outside the institute’s walls. The school had once served as the residence of Canada’s Governor General, until Loyalist rebels burned down the building in 1849, forcing the Governor to flee with his family. Following […]