Paul Verhoeven Retrospective Common wisdom dictates that cynicism and sentimentality are carefully linked, if not outright synonymous. In filmic terms, the most comfortable formulation of that argument is to align, for instance, romantic comedies with socially-acceptable (and, often, utterly noxious) notions of gender politics. Through the deployment of relationships and character profiles that support popular … Continue reading Surveying Acclaimed Dutch Filmmaker, Paul Verhoeven