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The film-maker on Trump’s charm, new film Fahrenheit 11/9, and getting the vote out

Review: Moore takes aim at Trump with satire, stunts and sometimes unreliable reporting

Aunt Sandra’s, established in 1953, has never sold outside Northern Ireland before

Donald Clarke: Toronto Film Festival has fired the Academy Awards starting pistol

Toronto film festival: Natalie Portman dazzles in Vox Lux as Irish films continued to premiere at another busy Tiff for domestic cinema

Analysis: Frances McDormand cares a lot, but doesn’t give a damn who she offends

This biopic of the French oceanographer is beautifully filmed, but sometimes flounders

Those who were previously seen to be alarmist in reaction to and coverage of Trump have been proven correct

Scarlett Johansson in ‘Ghost in the Shell’, Matt Damon in ‘The Great Wall’: even after #OscarsSoWhite the movies still stereotype and whitewash Asian actors

Millions protest in Washington and around the world vowing to resist new US president

Hundreds of thousands expected in Washington for women’s march on Saturday

Deck the halls with Christmas bonuses instead of parties, say workers

‘Fire all pundits, predictors, pollsters’, in wake of Trump win, says film-maker

Frank DeAngelis was head of Colorado high school, where two students carried out massacre

His rudeness, dishonesty and inconsistency would have ended other politicians’ careers

Gerry Adams made a specific reference to the billionaire at a fundraising dinner

Speaking in Dublin, director says America has become a more violent society

Republican front-runner continues attacks as US presidential race hots up

Residents of the mostly black city were dismissed by state officials when they complained

Does Hollywood have a problem with racism? An array of Tinesltown’s finest think so

British prime minister has shown ‘galling’ attitude to Scotland, says party member

Strategic voting is key as rivals look to block Sturgeon’s influence on London

Scotland’s first minister on whistle-stop tour of target constituencies

More than 90 witnesses heard in action against Garda Commissioner and State

Clint Eastwood’s movie about deadliest US sniper in Iraq has stirred an angry debate

Jury told incidents involved three paintings and are very unusual events

Waterford champions end Cratloe’s double dreams

‘A bleak portrait of the end of a pocket empire’. Writer Colin Murphy and producer John Kelleher tell Donald Clarke about bringing the story of the most expensive bank bailout in history to the big screen

Liberal Democrat Michael Moore believes the referendum on Scottish independence vote will be the most vital of his life

Artist who became voice for social justice was well known for his left-wing politics

During more than 60 years in politics, Tony Benn has become known for his honesty, passion and humanity and, at 88, he shows no sign of slowing down

If the country’s in-or-out referendum were held tomorrow, two-thirds of voters would likely opt to stay in the union. That leaves SNP leader Alex Salmond and the Scotland Yes campaign with a mountain to climb