Michael Moore

Michael Moore is a socially sensitive American filmmaker, liberal political commentator and author. His most famous documentaries include Sicko, Fahrenheit 9/11 and Bowling for Columbine. For more information on this director, scroll down.
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New Michael Moore Film Calls Capitalism "Evil"
A new Michael Moore film takes on one of the basics tenets of America, and concludes that capitalism is simply bad for the country.

Michael Moore to Distribute ‘Slacker’ Movie Online – for Free
Controversial documentary filmmaker Michael Moore is planning to distribute his newest film, "Slacker Uprising," online, and it will be free to the public.

Sicko Ignites Debate on Health Care Coverage
Love it or hate it, Michael Moore’s most recent movie Sicko has gotten people talking about health care.

Michael Moore Fights Back Over Cuba "Sicko" Visit
Michael Moore skewers Bush in a new response to the government scrutiny of his recent trip to Cuba with ill Ground Zero workers.

Michael Moore: 'americans Now Think More Like Me'
The controversial director's latest film spotlights the causes behind the bailout of the US banking system

Moore to Offer Election Film Free Online
Documentary film-maker to release Slacker Uprising with hope of mobilizing young voters ahead of US election

Peace Prevails at the Oscar Night Love-in
Anti-Bush tirade from Michael Moore eclipses surprise of Polanski award.

No Standing on Ceremony
Michael Moore is not the first Oscar winner to court controversy in his acceptance speech, as Duncan Campbell explains.

Creator of Fahrenheit 911 Gets Chilly Reception
Michael Moore tackles the US health market - in the street - and a hedge fund manager chased by Borat tries to go incognito

Michael Moore’s Sicko – A Documentary of the "Sickening" Health Care System of America!
A Review of Michael Moore's Latest Film "Sicko" Which Will Hit the Box Offices June 29th, 2007.

Michael Moore's Film Sicko
Sicko, Michael Moore's latest film, lambasts the failures of America's overwhelmingly private healthcare service. As the cases highlighted here by Ed Pilkington further show, if you're poor or lack insurance, you'll find yourself at the mercy of the world's most expensive medical system.

Moore Defies Us Ban Threat
Director tells Cannes festival that government action against film about healthcare would be 'insane'.

US Government Trying to Seize New Michael Moore Film, Says Producer
Harvey Weinstein fires latest shot in battle over healthcare documentary.

Moore Under Investigation for Cuba Film Trip
Michael Moore, film-maker and scourge of the Bush administration, has been handed a timely gift of pre-release publicity for his new documentary, SiCKO, by the US treasury department which is investigating him for filming in Cuba in violation of a travel ban.

Mind Your Own Business
A Michael Moore-style documentary depicts environmentalists as misguided meddlers. Rory Carroll reports.

Fahrenheit £40m: Armless Soldier Sues Moore for Using His Image in Anti-war Film
· Veteran says film wrongly showed him as war critic · Lawyer claims footage was used without permission

Michael Moore Sets Up 'hellraiser' Scholarship
The filmmaker Michael Moore establishes scholarship for students who defy the university that cancelled his talk last year.

Coming Next From Michael Moore: Sicko, the Film
When an industry thinks it is about to become the latest target of the film maker Michael Moore, precautions have to be taken.

Black Rivals Line Up for Historic Senate Fight in Lincoln's State
There is a striking moment in Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 when members of the Congressional Black Caucus petition Congress to re-examine the 2000 election results.

Moore Footage Shows New Cia Boss Ruling Himself Out
Michael Moore yesterday released unseen footage of the new CIA boss explaining his own unsuitability for the role

These Dots Don't Join Up
Bin Laden funding Bush? If you have any respect for accuracy, Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 will be a guilty pleasure.

Snubbed Michael Moore Withholds Backing
Fahrenheit 9/11 may have broken box office records but it was not enough to win the director an invitation to this week's Democratic convention.

Michael Moore Withholds Backing
Michael Moore's satirical documentary on the Bush administration, Fahrenheit 9/11, may have broken box office records, but it was not enough to win the director an invitation to this week's Democratic convention. The feeling is mutual. In an interview with the Guardian, Moore made it...

Fahrenheit 9/11 Finds Coalition of Willing Distributors
After being famously dropped by Disney, Michael Moore's award-winning documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 has finally secured US distribution and will hit American cinemas on June 25. The film is to be released by a partnership of Lions Gate Films, IFC Films and the Fellowship Adventure Group,...

Moore Scoops Palme D'or With Attack on Us President
The French appeared to have delivered another blow to George Bush's war on terror by awarding the Palme d'Or to Fahrenheit 9/11, Michael Moore's documentary about the US president's foreign policy and war in Iraq. But it was a jury with just one French member and four Americans which gave...

The Power of Laughter
Michael Moore, Bush-baiter, cult figure and global internet brand, has much to teach modern politicians.

Peter Bradshaw on Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11
It was strident, passionate, sometimes outrageously manipulative and often bafflingly selective in its material, but Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 was a barnstorming anti-war/anti-Bush polemic tossed like an incendiary device into the crowded Cannes festival.

Fahrenheit 9/11 Could Light Fire Under Bush
Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 is without doubt the most flaming-hot ticket at the Cannes film festival. And with good reason: Moore hopes that it will bring down the US government. The American film-maker has hitherto kept a tight lid on the contents of the documentary, saying only that...

Disney Blocks Michael Moore Film on Bush Links With Leading Saudis
The Disney company is blocking distribution of Michael Moore's forthcoming film, Fahrenheit 911, which exposes the links between George Bush and prominent Saudis. Mr Moore's agent said Disney had pulled out because its involvement could jeopardise tax breaks the company receives from the...

Disney 'blocks' New Michael Moore Doc
Controversial film-maker's anti-Bush polemic 'on hold' after row between Disney and Miramax

Michael Moore Outsells David Beckham
Michael Moore's root-and-branch onslaught against George Bush and the globalised economy yesterday brought off a coup in publishing, if not politics.

The capped crusader
In the US, a supposedly rightwing country, Michael Moore's fearless campaigning and coruscating criticism of 'that frat boy' Bush have aroused huge hostility but also rapturous fellow feeling.