Will Biden’s loss of celebrity support make a real difference?
Major stars, from Michael Moore to George Clooney, are asking the president to stand aside for November’s election
June 2024
Reactions to Julian Assange plea deal differ across the US political divide
Leftist film-maker Michael Moore applauds deal while Mike Pence says it ‘dishonors’ US military members
March 2024
‘I had to do my bit’: a history of controversial politics at the Oscars
‘The slap’, protests and tears: what makes a memorable Oscar speech?
November 2022
‘I never doubted it’: why film-maker Michael Moore forecast ‘blue tsunami’ in midterms
Film-maker says the salient lesson from the midterms for Democrats is to stop depressing their own vote with pessimism, fear and conventional thinking
October 2022
‘I’m deadly serious’: why film-maker Michael Moore is confident of a Democratic midterm win
The Academy Award winner has been emailing a ‘daily dose of truth’ to mobilize supporters of the party to vote in November
July 2022
Struck dumb: why ‘the voice of God’ got booted out of documentaries
Once, no serious documentary could be without its authoritative voiceover in perfect English. But film-makers are now rejecting the whole idea. Are social media and post-truth politics to blame?
August 2020
Michael Moore warns that Donald Trump is on course to repeat 2016 win
Film-maker says enthusiasm for president in swing states is ‘off the charts’ and urges everyone to commit to getting 100 people to vote
May 2020
Michael Moore film Planet of the Humans removed from YouTube
British environmental photographer’s copyright claim prompts website to remove film that has been condemned by climate scientists
How did Michael Moore become a hero to climate deniers and the far right?
George Monbiot
The filmmaker’s latest venture is an excruciating mishmash of environment falsehoods, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
Environmental investigations
Once again Michael Moore stirs the environmental pot – but conservationists turn up the heat on him
Planet of the Humans film has had 5m views on YouTube and has enraged renewable energy experts who are demanding an apology
April 2020
Climate experts call for 'dangerous' Michael Moore film to be taken down
Planet of the Humans review – contrarian eco-doc from the Michael Moore stable
September 2019
Best culture of the 21st century
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
October 2018
Michael Moore’s media turf war
Charlie Phillips
Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 11/9 joins other recent films in nailing the lie that documentaries are not as ‘real’ as news
Fahrenheit 11/9 review – Michael Moore gets his voice back
The documentarist uses his trademark style to make an alarmingly persuasive case that US democracy is under threat
'How to stop an out-of-control president': the Trump films that may swing the midterms
Michael Moore: 'We have the power to crush Trump'
Fahrenheit 11/9 review: Michael Moore v Donald Trump = stalemate
September 2018
How a disastrous change in perspective disempowered the left and let the right rise
By dismissing the masses as fools, progressives confirmed all the culture warriors’ claims
