
Xan Brooks
Associate Editor at The Guardian
Novelist, journalist. THE CATCHERS (October 2024). Now mostly at the other place.
Articles
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1 week ago |
independent.co.uk | Xan Brooks
Inside FilmCannes organisers adore a Cannes shout-out in the films they programme, with the latest being ‘Nouvelle Vague’, Richard Linklater’s jaunty dramatisation of the making of a French classic. But it’s no empty pastiche, argues Xan BrooksI’ve recently returned from the Cannes film festival, which was very nice, thanks for asking.
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2 weeks ago |
observer.co.uk | Xan Brooks
A musical field trip to rival Brokeback Mountain and a post-apocalyptic freakout in the Moroccan desert were among the knockouts in a great second week that saw Kevin Spacey attempt a comeback, a palm tree lose its balance – plus a bit of heartfelt booing The Mastermind by Kelly Reichardt is a freewheeling crime caper that grows sadder and darker with each spin of its spokes.
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2 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Xan Brooks
Julian Assange sits at the centre of this gripping account of the WikiLeaks founder’s rise, fall and protracted seven-year limbo inside the Ecuadorian embassy. Eugene Jarecki’s documentary takes its title from the price the incoming Ecuadorian government supposedly charged the Trump administration for helping furnish his extradition to the US, thereby reneging on a promise of political asylum.
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2 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Xan Brooks
Kevin Spacey’s Cannes comeback is a discreet, low-key affair. The promenade is home to a gaggle of evening sunbathers while the steps to the beach club contain neither fans nor protesters. It is what is known in the trade as a soft relaunch. Spacey is guest of honour at the Better World Fund’s gala dinner, where he is receiving a lifetime achievement award for “excellence in film and television”.
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2 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Xan Brooks
In February 2023 Jafar Panahi walked free from Iran’s Evin prison after nearly seven months behind bars. Friends and supporters had gathered to greet him, but the moment of release felt bittersweet and he struggled to adjust back to civilian life afterwards. In the weeks that followed he developed a habit. He’d drive his car back and forth on the road that paralleled the high prison walls, pining for those who were still inside. “These people had become my people,” he says.
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