#xanbrooks — Public Fediverse posts

‘I turned down Gandhi because I’m terrified of snakes’: the amazing movie memories of Bruce Dern
By Xan Brooks

Famed for playing loners, cranks and wayward angels, the Hollywood star is now a wolfish 90 – but he still jogs daily. As he takes his latest film to Edinburgh, we meet the man Hitchcock called ‘the golden calf’

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/12/bruce-dern-northbound-hitchcock-gandhi-edinburgh

#Film #Edinburghfilmfestival #Nebraska #Cannesfilmfestival #Culture #Festivals #TheGuardian #XanBrooks

John Berger: From Life by Tom Overton review – a vibrant biography of the pioneering critic
By Xan Brooks

This multi-layered portrait is a fitting tribute to the man behind Ways of Seeing

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/aug/10/john-berger-from-life-by-tom-overton-review-a-vibrant-biography-of-the-pioneering-critic

#JohnBerger #Books #Literarycriticism #Autobiographyandmemoir #Biographybooks #Culture #TheGuardian #XanBrooks

Cool Machine by Colson Whitehead review – final part of the Harlem Trilogy is freewheeling fun
By Xan Brooks

The grit and grandeur of 80s New York drive this rollicking story of an underground wheeler-dealer

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jul/21/cool-machine-by-colson-whitehead-review-final-part-of-the-harlem-trilogy-is-freewheeling-fun

#Fiction #Books #Culture #TheGuardian #XanBrooks