Xan Brooks

1 week ago | independent.co.uk | Xan Brooks

Inside FilmThe Nazi propagandist is seen in a startling new film repeatedly refusing to talk about her relationship with Hitler – and it’s the kind of upset that has always fuelled cinema’s very best documentaries, writes Xan BrooksI don’t want to talk about it,” Leni Riefenstahl used to say when she was asked about her past. The German director was happy to discuss her pioneering cinematic techniques, her trailblazing credentials and her redemptive later work with the Nuba people of Sudan.

3 weeks ago | msn.com | Xan Brooks

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3 weeks ago | msn.com | Xan Brooks

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3 weeks ago | independent.co.uk | Xan Brooks

The End, a new musical film starring Tilda Swinton, explores humanity's last days in an underground bunker after a climate change-induced apocalypse. Director Joshua Oppenheimer uses the apocalypse setting to examine themes of guilt, denial, and the human capacity for self-destruction. The film reflects a trend in "cli-fi" cinema, focusing on the bleak realities of climate breakdown rather than alien invasions or other external threats.

3 weeks ago | independent.co.uk | Xan Brooks

Inside FilmFrom ‘The Day the Earth Stood Still’ and ‘Planet of the Apes’ to ‘Deep Impact’ and ‘Don’t Look Up’, nothing seems to bring audiences together faster than a glimpse at the end of the world. As Tilda Swinton sings through the apocalypse in her new film, Xan Brooks dives into cinema’s most curious lineageIt has been showered with meteors and blitzed by the Bomb, eaten by fauna and throttled by flora.