Paul Verhoeven

RoboDoc: The Creation of Robocop

Chris Griffiths, Eastwood Allen

Nancy Allen, Kurtwood Smith

A feature-length retrospective into the making of RoboCop (1987), its sequels, and cultural impact over the last thirty years. Including perspective from over ninety of the original cast and crew. RoboDoc is made by fans for the fans of the franchise.

Gottes Utopia

Franz Josef Wild

Howard Vernon, Friedrich Domin

Paul Verhoeven: From Holland to Hollywood

David Thompson

Paul Verhoeven, Monique van de Ven

Very insightful BBC documentary about Paul Verhoeven, tracking his career up to Showgirls. The programme focuses on talks with Verhoeven, but also includes interviews with many of the people who worked with him, both from the US and Holland, and even his wife. Also has a lot of behind the scenes footage from the set of Showgirls. Verhoeven is very open about the way he works, the themes in his movies and his life. He also interprets his own work in a very frank and intelligent way and, as always, is a gas.

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

Wendy Apple

Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino

Documentary about the art of film editing. Clips are shown from many groundbreaking films with innovative editing styles.

In Search of Tomorrow

David A. Weiner

Steve Johnson, Kerry O'Quinn

A nostalgic journey through ’80s Sci-Fi-films, exploring their impact and relevance today, told by the artist who made them and by those who were inspired to turn their visions into reality.

In Search of Tomorrow

David A. Weiner

Clancy Brown, Catherine Mary Stewart

A nostalgic journey through ’80s Sci-Fi-films, exploring their impact and relevance today, told by the artist who made them and by those who were inspired to turn their visions into reality.

Black Book

Paul Verhoeven

Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch

In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance.

Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession

Xan Cassavetes

Quentin Tarantino, Robert Altman

A documentary on the Z Channel, one of the first pay cable stations in the US, and its programming chief, Jerry Harvey. Debuting in 1974, the LA-based channel's eclectic slate of movies became a prime example of the untapped power of cable television.

RoboCop

Paul Verhoeven

Peter Weller, Nancy Allen

In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force. To test their crime-eradicating cyborgs, the company leads street cop Alex Murphy into an armed confrontation with crime lord Boddicker so they can use his body to support their untested RoboCop prototype. But when RoboCop learns of the company's nefarious plans, he turns on his masters.

Soldier of Orange

Paul Verhoeven

Rutger Hauer, Jeroen Krabbé

The lives of Erik Lanshof and five of his closest friends take different paths when the German army invades the Netherlands in 1940: fight and resistance, fear and resignation, collaboration and high treason.

Total Recall

Paul Verhoeven

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin

Construction worker Douglas Quaid's obsession with the planet Mars leads him to visit Recall, a company who manufacture memories. Something goes wrong during his memory implant turning Doug's life upside down and even to question what is reality and what isn't.

Starship Troopers

Paul Verhoeven

Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer

Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an interstellar war between mankind and an arachnoid species known as "the Bugs".

That's It!

Mildred Van Leeuwaarden, Dirk Rijneke

Paul Verhoeven, Wim Verstappen

In 1980 film writer Ruud den Drijver goes head to head with two notorious Dutch film directors, Paul Verhoeven and Wim Verstappen, passionate film makers, competitors and colleagues in a free for all heated discussion ranging (among other subjects) from oral sex to the art of motion pictures. 25 years later the confrontation is continued during the Cannes Film Festival. In the meantime Wim Verstappen has died a year earlier and Paul Verhoeven has returned from a brilliant career in the States. Paul is still very outspoken. He talks freely about the present-day neo-conservative policies of America, and about the situation in Hollywood and his work. THAT'S IT!!(English title)(1980-2005) is a retrospective view on the careers of two driven film directors and is a hilarious time document larded with passionate statements.

Voorbij, voorbij

Paul Verhoeven

Leontien Ceulemans, Andrea Domburg

During World War II in the Netherlands, resistance-leader Arie is shot by the Dutch SS-man Niels. Arie's comrades pledge to avenge his death. 35 years later one of them, Ab, is confronted with Niels again. He decides to round up his old friends to kill him. He finds out though, that they think this is useless or are not capable of doing so anymore. Only the former communist Gerben has not forgotten his pledge and is talked into joining the execution.

Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters

Gilles Penso, Alexandre Poncet

Phil Tippett, William R. Stromberg

An in-depth, sad, and beautiful documentary about the stop motion and VFX artist Phil Tippett, a man who changed the landscape of visual effects in film.

Hollywood Banker

Rozemyn Afman

Frans J. Afman, Dino De Laurentiis

How Frans Afman, a banker from the Netherlands, developed a new system for film financing, revolutionized independent filmmaking in Hollywood, but could not prevent it all from crashing down, when ambition of others turned into greed.