Paul Verhoeven’s Authenticity Came to Light at Chicago’s Logan Arcade
Some works by Paul Verhoeven, a director known for satire, were shown in an ironic setting this summer. The result was an earnestness soaked in blood.
Paul Verhoeven
“The Only Good Bug Is a Dead Bug”: ‘Starship Troopers’ and the Politics of Science Fiction
There’s little a remake of Starship Troopers that could add to the original’s deceptively deep insights into the nature of social organization.
Verhoeven Had a Lot to Learn After ‘Flesh + Blood’
Flesh + Blood has at least this to its credit: it's not as bad as Howard the Duck.
Drones and Robots and ‘Robocop’
Scenes inside Murphy's dreaming brain give way to a real-life nightmare, and for a few brief moments, Robocop hums with disturbing sci-fi possibilities.