Tom Jolliffe continues our series of beginner’s guides to iconic directors with controversial Dutch director, Paul Verhoeven…A man who never does anything by halves, Paul Verhoeven is a director who has courted controversy throughout his career. With a long and varied resume, spanning beginnings in Dutch TV and film, then in and out of Hollywood, […]
Ranking the Films of Paul Verhoeven
George Nash assesses the cinematic output of the subversive Dutch provocateur Paul Verhoeven…On the Rotten Tomatoes page of Showgirls, the critical consensus reads as follows: “Vile, contemptible, garish, and misogynistic — and that might just be exactly Showgirls‘ point”.It’s about as perfect as any summation could hope to be in capturing the journey taken by Paul […]
