While it didn’t have the same cultural momentum and buzz that previous works of his have garnered in the past, Michael Moore’s new doc, titled “Planet of the Humans,” has still found itself a fair bit of controversy. After being posted on YouTube, free of charge, Moore and writer-producer, Jeff Gibbs, said that the film is now a victim of a “blatant act of censorship.”

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“Planet of the Humans” was released around Earth Day of this year and has reportedly earned more than 8 million views on YouTube.

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Confused by the dueling reports from the Hollywood trades about the development of sequels to Warner Bros.’s R-Rated box-office “Joker” smash? You’re not alone—director Todd Phillips was caught off guard as well, he admitted to a packed theater at an awards/guild screening of his record-breaking film last night. While THR reported that a “Joker” sequel directed by Phillips was in the works following an October 7 meeting with the studio, Deadline quickly pumped the break and said that no such meeting occurred.

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Just as we all expected: “Joker” has found its champion, and his name is Michael Moore.

Earlier this week, the well-known documentarian caught a screening of Todd Phillips‘s controversial superhero movie at the New York Film Festival. After (seemingly) letting his thoughts percolate for a few days, Moore finally unleashed an essay-length Facebook post about the movie, overtly tying it to contemporary politics and praising the film for its embrace of ’70s classics like “The French Connection” and “Dog Day Afternoon.”

READ MORE: Todd Phillips Explains Why He Left Comedies for ‘Joker’

Clocking in at 1,074 words, Moore’s post is too long to share in its entirety, but this one particular section seems to sum up Moore’s thoughts better than the rest.

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Acclaimed and polarizing documentary filmmaker Michael Moore has inspired and infuriated audiences for thirty years. Moore’s rhetoric, bluster, and employment of facts have been called into question in the past by his critics, but unlike some of his left and right-wing peers, he generally doesn’t speak recklessly. Moore is passionate, but collected and lays his arguments out like an essay writer and then backs them up point by point — with a steady helping of comedic zingers.

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Documentarian Michael Moore is ready to do to Donald Trump what he attempted to do to George W. Bush. With his new film, which premieres at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, “Fahrenheit 11/9,” Moore is venturing into familiar ground, as he takes on the current sitting President of the United States with a scathing profile of where the country stands. However, some might be surprised to find what the content of his latest doc actually does and doesn’t show.

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Michael Moore has another documentary coming out this year, and his sights are aimed squarely on the White House, yet again. Back in 2004, the director premiered his doc “Fahrenheit 9/11” at the Cannes Film Festival, where it went on to win the coveted Palme d’Or. From there, the George W. Bush takedown went on to become the highest grossing documentary of all time.

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Oscar winner and documentary filmmaker Michael Moore has been busy working on his latest project,  a new semi-secret documentary.  Until recently, all that was known about the film was a tie-in between recently-disgraced actress Roseanne Barr and Donald Trump. Now, Moore has revealed more about the project in a recent interview with Stephen Colbert.

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The film is entitled “Fahrenheit 11/9,” an obvious reference to the day Donald Trump became President of the United States in 2016, and a callback to his Palme d’Or-winning 2004 doc “Fahrenheit 9/11.

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In June, a new set of films are joining the esteemed Criterion Collection, and they definitely make strange bedfellows. With names like John Waters, Ingmar Bergman, and Michael Moore, you can tell that the new batch of Criterion films are definitely going to feel unique from one another.

Leading off the group is the John Waters classic “Female Trouble.” Starring Waters’ muse, the one-of-a-kind Divine, “Female Trouble” is a Hollywood melodrama told through the unique viewpoint of the filmmaker.

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Michael Moore has made his….dislike….of Donald Trump quite clear. He’s long been one of the most vocal opponents to the current President Of the United States, and last fall, even knocked out a quickie documentary of his one-man show, “Michael Moore In TrumpLand” (it wasn’t that great). But now he’s going to go a bit deeper, and hit Trump a little bit harder.

Moore is currently filming “Fahrenheit 11/9,” a flip on the title of his acclaimed “Fahrenheit 9/11,” which obviously references the election month which saw Trump take power.

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The first thought that strikes the viewer after watching Michael Moore‘s surprise film, “Michael Moore In Trumpland,” is where the hell is Donald Trump? Much like this week’s misnomer “Jack Reacher: Never Come Back” (he does), there’s a big element of Moore’s ‘Trumpland’ that is essentially false advertising. Those expecting an excoriating takedown of the Republican nominee for President have come to the wrong place.

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During an election season that has gone from merely heated to completely surreal, it’s only going to get worse before it gets better, particularly with the final presidential debate tomorrow night. With three weeks to go until Election Day, Michael Moore (“Fahrenheit 9/11,” “Bowling For Columbine“) has just dropped a surprise new movie with the blunt title: “Michael Moore In TrumpLand.”

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Based on his one-man show which he was barred from performing in Ohio, the movie proclaims itself to be “the film Ohio Republicans tried to shut down,” taking viewers “right into hostile territory with his daring and hilarious” production.

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Review: Michael Moore's Persistently Stirring 'Where To Invade Next'

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2016 Oscar Nominations: The Biggest Shocks, Snubs & Surprises

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Watch: First Trailer For Michael Moore's New, Provocative Documentary 'Where To Invade Next'

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Watch: First Trailer For Michael Moore's Winning New Film 'Where To Invade Next'

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TIFF Review: Michael Moore Makes His Best Film In Years With 'Where To Invade Next'

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Michael Moore Says Clint Eastwood Threatened To "Kill" Him 10 Years Ago, Calls 'American Sniper' A "Mess"

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Michael Moore Praises Bradley Cooper's Performance In 'American Sniper,' Shares Mixed Feelings On The Film

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25 Movies That Defined The Sundance Film Festival

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Watch: 5 Movies Roger Ebert Championed Including 'Do The Right Thing,' 'Hoop Dreams,' 'Monster' & More

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Michael Moore Defends 'Zero Dark Thirty' As Kathryn Bigelow Makes The Cover Of Time Magazine

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“The Beaches of Agnes” directed by Agnes Varda
“The Cove” directed by Louie Psihoyos
“Every Little Step” directed by James Stern and Adam Del Deo
“Food, Inc.” directed by Robert Kenner
“Valentino: The Last Emperor” directed by Matt Tyrnauer
“Burma VJ” directed by Anders Ostergaard
“Facing Ali” directed by Pete McCormack
“Garbage Dreams” directed by Mai Iskander
“Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders” directed by Mark Hopkins
“The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers” directed by Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
“Mugabe and the White African” directed by Andrew Thompson and Lucy Bailey
“Sergio” directed by Greg Barker
“Soundtrack for a Revolution” directed by Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman
“Under Our Skin” directed by Andy Abrahams Wilson
“Which Way Home” directed by Rebecca Cammisa

As usual, the Academy voters are not in sync with audience or critical response as two of the year’s most celebrated docs, James Toback’s moving and insightful “Tyson” and Sacha Gervasi’s incredible rock ‘n roll dream “Anvil!

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And hating Michael Moore seems easy on the outside, the dulcet-toned voice seemingly dripping with storybook condescension, the politically partisan angles, the reductive stunts.

But calling Michael Moore duplicitous or a liar seems like its missing the fact that he’s actually quite transparent.

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