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Paul Verhoeven: Staying Alivenew
The director on moral ambiguity, the Dutch underground, lesbian dogs and his new WWII thriller.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
05-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Black Book, Paul Verhoeven
White Liesnew
The director of Basic Instinct goes home.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
05-04-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Black Book, Paul Verhoeven
Ambiguously Evilnew
Paul Verhoeven has again created a hard-to-classify film with sly intelligence.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
05-03-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Black Book, Paul Verhoeven
Verhoeven Returns With Dutch Treatnew
Although in many ways a characteristically perverse Paul Verhoeven spectacle, this Dutch World War II resistance story is more morally shaded as well as handsomely mounted and suspenseful.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
04-26-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Black Book, Paul Verhoeven
'Black Book': The Good Dutch Girlnew
Paul Verhoeven regains his basic instincts.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
04-26-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Black Book, Paul Verhoeven
Probing Both Sides of the Dutch WWII Resistance

Black Book is Paul Verhoeven's first film made in his native Netherlands since 1985, and he brings to it valuable lessons learned from working for 20 years in Hollywood to forge an unprecedented World War II-era masterpiece.
Tags: Black Book, Paul Verhoeven
Evidence Grisenew
Paul Verhoeven returns to the past -- his and ours -- in the Holocaust thriller Black Book.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
03-30-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Black Book, Paul Verhoeven