Robocop

How To Read ‘RoboCop’ as an Exploitation Film

By  Meg Shields 

What we’re watching: a video essay that suggests an alternative reading of ‘RoboCop’ as an exploitation revenge film

A Celebration of Great Movie Defenestrations

By  Kieran Fisher 

People being thrown out of windows is one of cinema’s most entertaining tropes.

The Violent Satire of ‘Robocop’

By  Kieran Fisher 

Paul Verhoeven’s cult classic warned us about the future.

Reboots, Late Sequels, and the Impatience of Hollywood

By  Christopher Campbell 

What can Hollywood learn from the success of the new ‘Halloween’ and the failure of so many franchise reboots?

Neill Blomkamp to Direct Sequel to Original ‘RoboCop’

By  Brad Gullickson 

Insert the obligatory “I’d buy that for a dollar” reference.

Ed Neumeier is Writing ‘RoboCop 2’ (No, Not That ‘RoboCop 2’)

By  John DiLillo 

The writer of the original ‘RoboCop’ is working on a sequel that ignores the franchise’s checkered history.

‘Robocop’ at 30: How The Sci-Fi Classic Reflects Contemporary American Anxieties

By  Kieran Fisher 

30 years ago, Paul Verhoeven unleashed a violent social satire of the Reagan era, but is it still as relevant today as it was back then?

Time Directive: Why The ‘Robocop’ Remake Was Three Years Too Early

By  Brian Salisbury 

An attempt to make the ‘Robocop’ remake work.