Xan Brooks
Associate Editor at The Guardian
Novelist, journalist. THE CATCHERS (October 2024). Now mostly at the other place.
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msn.com | Xan Brooks
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independent.co.uk | Xan Brooks
inside filmGuillermo del Toro’s new adaptation of a 200-year-old book has uncanny relevance to our present day. And it’s a film that the acclaimed director of ‘The Shape of Water’ and ‘Hellboy’ has been rehearsing for his entire career, writes Xan BrooksThe monster is alive – yet again – in the teaser trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, which is to say that he’s twitching and kicking and still securely in vitro.
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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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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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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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For @Independent, what Linklater’s Nouvelle Vague has to say about the cult of the great director https://t.co/Iuj0CvM0YT
RIP Marcel Ophuls. The Sorrow and the Pity: one of the greatest documentaries ever made https://t.co/XP9CH0wpne
Delighted for Jafar Panahi, Palme d’Or-winner. Here’s our exclusive interview with him from last week #Cannes2025
Jafar Panahi's first interview in 15 years. We talk about his time in prison, his life in Iran & the art of making illegal films #Cannes2025 https://t.co/AfjJs5uZHn