America

After this, they absolutely deserve to lose the election - it’s just that the world can’t afford them to do so

The disappointing reality is that the American people won’t vote Joe Biden back into office – not being Trump won’t be enough

The cinema looks at the clash of realities that is the US – and makes movies out of it

The would-be VP is a cynical extremist who will do nothing to moderate Donald Trump’s worst excesses

The extraordinary iconography of Donald Trump’s defiance after the attempt on his life – and how it speaks to the American psyche – makes it even more important that Joe Biden quits the race

The attempt on Donald Trump's life was appalling. But his presumptive running mate is wrong to point his finger at Democrats

With an eye for the smallest detail as well as the big picture, Trump became a vital driving force of the family business empire

The party’s high command has been revealed as incompetent and out of touch

It was so dull that Churchill made his excuses and went to bed in the middle of it – even though it was screened especially for him

Donald Trump would put America and the world in danger. But he will beat this stumbling president

Despite his disastrous debate performance, the president and his party are welded together

The use of the word ‘hi’ as a greeting in Britain began in the early 1960s – probably influenced by American TV programmes and films

A plea deal has saved the Wikileaks founder from facing more years in prison on charges that were fundamentally unjust

Politics is very different on each side of the Atlantic - but the populist right is determined to bring US-style polarisation to Britain

A person considered to be a kind of sexual demon vis-a-vis his actors male and female can also make beautiful, great films

Ingrid Bergman said the German possessed more charm in his little finger than most men had in their whole body

The cinematographer not only understood what a camera is meant to do, he visually understood what cinema should do

He’s been convicted by a jury of 34 felony charges and faces jail time. Why do so many Americans want him back in power?

Great political mantras started with “Liberté, égalité, fraternité”. Can we expect anything as inspiring in this election?

Many actors, in real life, are the opposite of who they portray or seem to be

The founder of the Reform Party may seem to be finished in British politics. But he is still capable of causing untold damage

Of course American students have the right to protest over Gaza. But what happens as a result may put Donald Trump back in the White House

As the first presidential debate looms, it’s time for Biden to take care of business

In 1968, three films caught the times in different ways. And they all starred women

As conflicts ratchet up across the world, the risk of a nuclear war – perhaps even one started by accident – seems closer than ever

The close-knit ‘forgotten’ borough of Staten Island is a Republican stronghold – in stark contrast to the rest of New York City

He arrived in America pretending to be the son of an Austrian count but became one of early cinema’s most adventurous and meticulous directors

After Covid, the job fits the employee’s life, not the other way round – how can we handle that shift?

There is still time for the campus mayhem in America to contribute to a political disaster

Fred Zinnemann’s classic Western is full of tired, scared, cynical people. In that, it is like a Godard or a Cassavetes

Americans aren’t exactly my people, but I loved being among them for a little while