Director Archive

Paul Verhoeven

Discover the remarkable film directors featured on TruStory FM’s entertainment podcasts. Learn about their creative journeys and lasting contributions to cinema through each of these archive episodes.

The Next Reel • Season 13 • Series: 1993 Academy Awards Best Editing Nominees • Basic Instinct
The Next Reel Film Podcast

Basic Instinct • Member Bonus

We kick off our 1993 Academy Awards Best Editing series for our member bonus episodes with a conversation about Paul Verhoeven’s sexy, sleazy, mysterious erotic thriller “Basic Instinct.” It may have some issues, but it holds up extremely well. Tune in!

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The Next Reel • Season 13 • Series: 1995 Golden Raspberry Awards Worst Director Nominees • Showgirls
The Next Reel Film Podcast

Showgirls

We jump whole hog into the world of Vegas strippers and exotic dancers with Paul Verhoeven’s 1995 big budget exploitation film Showgirls, next in our series on the nominees at the 1995 Golden Raspberry Awards for Worst Director. Do the reappraisals as a great satire make sense or was Verhoeven going for something he just never quite achieved? Tune in!

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The Next Reel • Season 13 • Series: 1988 Academy Awards Best Visual Effects Nominees • RoboCop
The Next Reel Film Podcast

RoboCop

We wrap up our conversation about five films – nominated and not – at the 1988 Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects. Today, we discuss one of our favorites – Paul Verhoeven’s RoboCop.

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RoboCop (1987)

Its the podcast where a comedian, two filmmakers and three podcasters, who actually only equal 3 human beings, take anther look at the 80s movies we loved hated hated to love and loved to hate… with a haze of nostalgia but also with 2018 eyes… And, as alw

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