George Clooney interview: ‘Donald Trump is a xenophobic fascist’
The superstar is playing a ‘numbskull’ for the Coens again in Hollywood satire Hail, Caesar! In an exclusive interview he talks about why he should have cast more black actors, the stranger-than-fiction presidential campaign and his faith in fellow Americans to ‘do the right thing’
Why Fire at Sea sailed away with the Berlin film festival's Golden Bear
Andrew Pulver
The Berlinale jury got it right. Gianfranco Rosi’s documentary about the migrant crisis in Europe engages deeply with a key topic of our time, but also displays a distinctive, humane cinematic style
Berlin film festival 2016 roundup: serious gems and stylish risks
The Coens splashed out, Cynthia Nixon channelled Emily Dickinson – and Meryl Streep marshalled a hard-pressed jury. Willkommen to Berlin…
First look review
The Ones Below review: shades of Polanski in chilling pregnancy potboiler
The London upper middle classes are finely dissected in this debut film by David Farr, featuring two couples, both expecting – leading to enormous audience unease
Berlin film festival awards top prize to refugee crisis documentary Fire at Sea
Jury president Meryl Streep praises Gianfranco Rosi’s film on Mediterranean island of Lampedusa, where thousands of asylum seekers have arrived
Zero Days review – a disturbing portrait of malware as the future of war
Alex Gibney’s new documentary argues that cyber-attacks are the next big thing in war, offering not just the ability to spy, but to launch a complete offensive