Tag: Paul Verhoeven
Nothing for Nathan: Producer Saïd Ben Saïd Reteams with Paul Verhoeven for “Sans compter”
French film producer Saïd Ben Saïd sort of resurrected the career of Paul Verhoeven with the release of Elle (2016), and he had been...
Benedetta | Review
Blaspheme, Queen: Verhoeven Turns to Nunsploitation in Erotic Melodrama
Occupying a dazzling intersection of exploitation and queer historical recuperation is the long-awaited Benedetta from Dutch...
2021 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 4 – Paul Verhoeven’s Benedetta
Paul Verhoeven's third entry into the comp after 1992’s Basic Instinct and 2016's Elle was the long awaited Benedetta (hip surgery followed by the...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #10. Paul Verhoeven’s Benedetta
Benedetta
Produced by Saïd Ben Saïd
Directed by Paul Verhoeven
Written by David Birke, Paul Verhoeven
Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Lambert Wilson, Virginie Efira, Olivier Rabourdin, Clotilde Courau, Daphne...
IndieSponge Episode 6 – Wong Kar-Wai Plants “Blossoms”, Guadagnino Snorts “Scarface” & Blanchett registers for “Armageddon Time”
On this week’s episode of IndieSponge, Kevin Jagernauth and I talk about the 2020 Cannes hors les murs and the films that'll float around...
Paul Verhoeven: Interviews (Conversations with Filmmakers Series) | Book Review
Margaret Barton-Fumo, who has interviewed an illustrious coterie of renowned international auteurs throughout her career (including genre stalwarts like Brian De Palma and idiosyncratic...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #2. Benedetta – Paul Verhoeven
Benedetta
Produced by Saïd Ben Saïd
Directed by Paul Verhoeven
Written by David Birke, Paul Verhoeven
Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Lambert Wilson, Virginie Efira, Olivier Rabourdin, Clotilde Courau, Daphne...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #1. Benedetta – Paul Verhoeven
Benedetta
Dutch auteur Paul Verhoeven made a whopping comeback with his first French language film in 2016’s Elle, which snagged Isabelle Huppert (check out our...
The Conversation: Producer Michel Merkt
Swiss producer Michel Merkt, who runs his own company KNM alongside his wife and often produces noted international projects with Said Ben Said of...
Spetters (1980) | Blu-ray Review
No one marries the cultural complexities of sexuality and its impassioned, sometimes grotesque aftershocks better than Paul Verhoeven, particularly before his uneven Hollywood years...
Through the Looking Glass – The Top 50 Foreign Films of 2019: Picks #50 to #11
As we look forward to a plentiful year of new cinematic offerings in 2018, it’s also time to look even further into the horizon...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #3. Paul Verhoeven’s Blessed Virgin
Blessed Virgin
Paul Verhoeven famously returned from a decade long absence with a bang in 2016, unveiling the controversial Elle (read ★★★★ review) at the Cannes...
Elle | Blu-ray Review
Isabelle Huppert scored some of the best notices of her prolific career with Paul Verhoeven’s Elle. The Dutch auteur’s French language debut, which premiered...
Through the Looking-Glass…Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2018: #100-11
As the cinematic landscape begins to take shape with the upcoming editions of Sundance, Berlin, and Rotterdam, here are 100 titles of note to...
Best of 2016: Nicholas Bell’s Top 20 Theatrical Releases: Picks 10 to 1
Recapping yesterday's 20 to 11 countdown/up.
20. David Mackenzie's Hell or High Water
19. Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Creepy
18. Whit Stillman's Love & Friendship
17. Anders Thomas Jensen's Men...
Interview: Isabelle Huppert – Paul Verhoeven’s Elle
There’s never been a performer quite like Isabelle Huppert, the elusive and enigmatic center of auteur art-house cinema since she broke out in 1977...
Elle | Review
Losing Her Religion: Verhoeven Directs a Fearless Huppert in Provocative Psychological Thriller
Arriving with a knotty snarl of perverse commentary, Dutch auteur Paul Verhoeven proves...
The Conversation: Goodbye to Foreign Language
Nearing the second half of 2016, there’s much yet to be revealed in global cinema, with major platforms in Venice and TIFF likely to...
Tricked | DVD Review
As the world awaits the release of his first actual feature in a decade, the sensational Cannes premiered Elle, audiences can ponder Paul Verhoeven's...
Maren Ade’s Toni Erdmann, Aquarius, Elle & Paterson Top our 2016 Cannes Critics’ Panel
Yesterday's George Miller led jury pronounced Ken Loach's I, Daniel Blake as the best from the 2016 competition of twenty-one films, and they gave...
The Conversation: Five Most Anticipated Titles of Cannes 2016
Judging by the lineup of auteurs competing in the main competition at Cannes 2016, thus far it’s already promising to be a stellar festival,...
Tricked | Review
Community Cinema: Verhoeven’s Failed Experiment Confirms Concepts of Authorship
Four years after its premiere in his native Netherlands and a screening at the 2012 Rome...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2016: #3. Paul Verhoeven’s Elle
Elle
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Writers: David Birke, Harold Manning
Words cannot describe how excited we are to see the pairing of Paul Verhoeven and Isabelle Huppert in...
A Cannes Opener: 2016 Cannes Film Festival Predictions
A furious slew of titles in the works would seem to prophesize a robust main competition slate for Cannes 2016. Though our initial list...
Cinema Italiano: 2015 Venice Film Festival Predictions
Now that we’ve come out of the Cannes ether, we can examine several of the names glaringly absent from the lineup that may potentially...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #2. Paul Verhoeven’s Elle
Elle
Director: Paul Verhoeven // Writer: David Birke
One cannot overlook the plentiful cinematic contributions of Dutch auteur Paul Verhoeven, who made waves back in 1973...
Flesh+Blood | Blu-ray Review
A film easy to admire but equally hard to love, Paul Verhoeven’s 1985 film Flesh+Blood, his last title to make it to DVD about...
IONCINEPHILE of the Month: Andrew Droz Palermo’s Top Ten Films of All Time
Have you ever wondered what are the films that inspire the next generation of visionary filmmakers? As part of our monthly IONCINEPHILE profile, we...
