Borat targets Trump, Ye and antisemitism at Kennedy Center Honors
Sacha Baron Cohen skit receives mixed response at ceremony for lifetime achievements in the arts
February 2021
Sacha Baron Cohen: 'If you’re protesting against racism, you’re going to upset some racists'
Stopping Trump, reforming Facebook and risking his life to make a Borat sequel. In an exclusive interview, the actor unveils his plans for a revolution – and reveals how it feels to come out as himself
January 2021
Why Mr Bean and Borat are ready to retire
Rowan Atkinson and Sacha Baron Cohen are killing off two of comedy’s most indelible characters. They’ve picked the perfect time
October 2020
'Very nice!': Kazakhstan adopts Borat's catchphrase in new tourism campaign
An official said the phrase, popularised by Sacha Baron Cohen’s character, sums up the vast tourism potential of the nation in a ‘short, memorable way’
Now you've seen it
Rudy Giuliani, Maria Bakalova and an antisemitic cake: discuss Borat Subsequent Moviefilm with spoilers
Sacha Baron Cohen’s second journey out of Kazakhstan is with a spirited new sidekick, and they land immediately in political and social hot water
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm review – cinema's top troll goes baiting in Trump's US
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Sacha Baron Cohen's films – ranked!
Borat praises Donald Trump on Twitter ahead of new film
September 2020
Borat 2 imminent, reports suggest, with Trump, Epstein and Giuliani as targets
Sacha Baron Cohen said to have test-screened follow-up to his 2006 hit, which was shot during the pandemic
September 2019
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The 100 best films of the 21st century
Gangsters, superheroes, schoolkids, lovers, slaves, peasants, techies, Tenenbaums and freefalling astronauts – they’re all here in our countdown of cinema’s best movies since 2000
The comedian confirms that Kid Rock was so incensed by the 2006 comedy that he filed to end his marriage to Baron Cohen’s co-star
April 2019
Explain it to me quickly
Very nice? Why the Australian PM did a Borat impression in parliament
Scott Morrison channelled Sacha Baron Cohen. For our series Explain It To Me Quickly, one Guardian Australia staffer asked another to explain why … quickly
July 2018
Will Sacha Baron Cohen's undercover series be the TV event of the year?
Shot in secrecy, the satirist’s new show Who Is America? sees him take aim at Trump and the US political elite. It looks set to be something truly special
June 2017
Ghosts, liberated women and Morgan Freeman: the films banned for odd reasons
Wonder Woman is the latest blockbuster to fall foul of the censors. From Borat to Sex and the City 2, here are some of the more peculiar film bans
January 2017
Why a film celebrating McDonald's is the perfect start for Trump cinema
The Founder, about the man who built McDonald’s, is a fitting start to the new era. But Hollywood’s love affair with Trump’s kind of anarcho-capitalism began long ago
December 2016
The 50 funniest films… chosen by comedians
From the canonical to the controversial, and in no particular order, we asked 10 standups to pick 50 movies that make them giggle. They made some surprising choices…
May 2016
Borat director locked into Luke and Owen Wilson prison comedy
Larry Charles, best known for working with Sacha Baron Cohen, will take on the project set to start shooting this summer
April 2016
Is it cos I is wack? The rise and fall of Sacha Baron Cohen
He gave us Ali G, Borat and fermented horse urine, all on the way to establishing himself as the king of shock comedy. But his latest film, Grimsby, is a huge flop. Where did it all go wrong?
March 2016
Our top 10 iconic underwear moments
As the V&A launches an exhibition of underwear design, we choose our own lingerie highlights
October 2015
David Wnendt on filming Look Who's Back: 'Our idea was to see how people react to Hitler'
Director talks about his comic adaptation of a bestselling book, inspired by Borat and Brecht, in which actor Oliver Masucci dresses up as Hitler to tour Germany
