Moonfall review – lost in space with master of disaster Roland Emmerich
The moon is knocked out of orbit, along with Halle Berry and Patrick Wilson, in this eye-poppingly silly sci-fi from the German director
Moonfall review – Roland Emmerich’s bad moon rising… and I mean really bad
Halle Berry and Patrick Wilson are astronauts trying to save Earth from the falling moon in this gibberish big-budget folly
Roland Emmerich’s Moonfall premiere party turned disaster into opportunity
Stuart Heritage
The Independence Day director is known for bombast, but scaling back his new film’s celebrations because of Omicron and holding the party in his back yard was low-key impressive
November 2021
Week in geek
One small step, once every few years: when will Roland Emmerich stop going to space?
The director has mastered the art of making the same film – about Earth’s imminent collapse – over and over, yet box office figures suggest cinemagoers can’t get enough
February 2021
Hear me out
Hear me out: why 1998's Godzilla isn't a bad movie
Continuing our series of writers defending unloved movies is a reappraisal of Roland Emmerich’s silly, bombastic take on the giant monster
November 2019
Midway review – sinks like a depth charge
Midway review – a long, loud and tedious history lesson
December 2017
Surreal estate
Hollywood film director's London home – in pictures
Filled with taxidermy, communist posters and art, this house owned by the Godzilla director is definitely a blockbuster
October 2017
Film blog
Is climate change Hollywood's new supervillain?
Eco-thriller Geostorm, with Gerard Butler as a weather-busting scientist, is the latest movie to battle the environment. From Blade Runner 2049 to Alexander Payne’s Downsizing, film are turning up the heat on the big screen
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
November 2016
Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs
Independence Day: Resurgence; Looking: The Complete Series and the Movie; Chevalier; The Wait and more – review
How we made
How we made Independence Day
July 2016
Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs
Stonewall; Holding the Man; Mapplethorpe; Batman v Superman; Hardcore Henry; A Kind of Loving; Film4 downloads – review
Queer cinema exposes a soft centre, caped crusaders meet in a cinematic Spaghetti Junction and Film4 releases a fine haul
June 2016
The Guardian's Film Weekly
Remainder reviewed and Independence Day 2's bombed street promo – the Dailies film podcast
The Guardian film team round-up Thursday’s movie news
Film blog
Why Independence Day: Resurgence's gay couple are denied a close encounter
Openly gay director Roland Emmerich talked up a same-sex couple in his big budget sci-fi sequel, but why is the film so embarrassingly coy about them?
Space for three more? Stargate the latest franchise to get big-screen reboot
Why are we hooked on films about mass destruction?
Roland Emmerich: ‘I like to say I was driven out of Germany by the critics’
April 2016
London has fallen, again: capital destroyed in Independence Day 2 trailer
A new glimpse of the sci-fi sequel sees Jeff Goldblum and Liam Hemsworth fail to save the city from alien invasion
December 2015
Trailer review
Independence Day: Resurgence trailer gambles on revisit
Expectations are sent intergalactic by this doom-laden sequel teaser which showcases new faces alongside Bill Pullman and Jeff Goldblum
