The Big Picture
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April 13, 2010
Movies
Some reboots are simply superfluous. Others? They could be downright dangerous.
Nov. 16, 2016
Awards
Tribeca 2013: In ‘Tricked,’ Paul Verhoeven turns fans into writers
April 25, 2013
The movie’s opening may as well arrive with an on-screen statement.
May 22, 2016
Virginie Efira plays the 17th century Italian nun Benedetta Carlini in this wickedly deft period drama from Paul Verhoeven.
Dec. 3, 2021
They are two names who conjure strong images for serious movie fans and a pairing that implies a fearsome, ferocious collaboration: Actress Isabelle Huppert, with a screen persona equal parts sensual and imperious, coupled with director Paul Verhoeven, the madman provocateur behind such films as “Basic Instinct,” “Showgirls” and “Starship Troopers.”
Entertainment & Arts
Long before Christopher Nolan parsed densely interwoven layers of dream and reality in “Inception,” Paul Verhoeven took a pulpy deep dive into similar what-if terrain.
June 3, 2015
The elle in “Elle” refers to Michèle Leblanc, a divorced, middle-aged mother, a ruthless CEO and the disgraced daughter of a convicted mass murderer.
Nov. 15, 2016
On paper it might seem an unlikely creative pairing: Isabelle Huppert, star of uncompromising art-house fare including “The Piano Teacher” and “White Material,” and director Paul Verhoeven, who has brought a singular mix of high-concept and pulp to such blockbusters as “Total Recall,” “RoboCop” and “Basic Instinct.”
Nov. 17, 2016
Screenwriter Joe Eszterhas on Tuesday said he will continue to fight for changes in his script to “Basic Instinct,” now in production here, even though director Paul Verhoeven and producer Alan Marshall, along with Carolco and Tri-Star Pictures, have rejected his proposals.
May 1, 1991