Paul Verhoeven
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The 5 best erotic thrillers
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The best guilty pleasure movies
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Michael Douglas says Basic Instinct sex scene was 'overwhelming' at Cannes premiere
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Sharon Stone says Basic Instinct role contributed to her losing custody of her son
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Basic Instinct director Paul Verhoeven blasts critics who call his new lesbian nun film 'blasphemy'
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Basic Instinct director denies Sharon Stone's accusation that she was tricked into nude scene
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Cannes lineup returns with Wes Anderson, Sean Penn, record number of women-directed films
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Lesbian nuns run wild in NSFW trailer for Paul Verhoeven's erotic thriller Benedetta
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Isabelle Huppert on flipping tables, dance-murder, and spitting on Catherine Deneuve
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RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop gets a bloody, mayhem-packed trailer
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A close read of the Starship Troopers shower scene
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Sharon Stone shares her Basic Instinct audition tape on Twitter
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Elle wins Best Foreign Language Film at the Golden Globes
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Elle star Isabelle Huppert on working with master provocateur Paul Verhoeven
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EW Critical Mass: Arrival movie reviews
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Starship Troopers film based on Robert Heinlein novel in the works
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New York Film Festival 54 trailer: Kent Jone previews 2016 lineup
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RoboCop director Paul Verhoeven says the reboot was 'much too serious'
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Paul Verhoeven's crowdsourced thriller Tricked has a titillating new trailer
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Paul Verhoeven discusses the crowd-sourced 'Tricked'