Category Archives: Press & News

Albert Brooks on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

April 11, 2012

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New York Times Best Seller 2030 – Now Available in Paperback!

April 10, 2012

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Albert Brooks Rules the New York Film Critics’ Circle Awards

January 10, 2012

New York Post | link › Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were in the house. Meryl Streep was there. And yet the annual awards dinner of the New York Film Critics’ Circle was stolen by one Albert Brooks last night … read more »

Albert Brooks is not playing for laughs

December 28, 2011

CBS News | link › ALBERT BROOKS has a very long record of playing movie roles for laughs. Not in his newest role, however, and thereby hangs a tale. Mo Rocca has a Sunday Profile: Albert Brooks kills in his latest film, … read more »

Albert Brooks Costars in “Drive”

September 15, 2011

Rolling Stone | link › By Peter Travers Buckle up for the existential bloodbath of Drive, a brilliant piece of nasty business that races on a B-movie track until it switches to the dizzying fuel of undiluted creativity. Damn, it’s … read more »

Review: Drawn to Read

June 17, 2011

barnesandnoble.com | link › Reviewed by Ward Sutton read more »  

Brooks takes a seriously funny look into the future of America

May 13, 2011

Boston.com | link › By Diane White Albert Brooks is a keen and critical social observer, attested by his work as screenwriter, director, actor, and comedian. His first novel, “Twenty Thirty: The Real Story of What Happens to America’’ is … read more »

Albert Brooks on his new futuristic novel: I wanted it to read like a news story

May 9, 2011

Los Angeles Times | link › By Patrick Goldstein It’s hard not to argue, with only the smallest apology to Larry David, that Albert Brooks has the most distinct comic voice of his generation. When we were talking the other … read more »

New York Times: A Comedian Laughs All the Way To Dystopia

May 3, 2011

New York Times | link › By Dave Itzkoff LOS ANGELES — For a guy who just wrote a whole book about the myriad catastrophes that could befall the United States in the next 20 years, Albert Brooks says he’s … read more »

NEW YORK TIMES book review: A Wry Eye on Problems of the Future

May 2, 2011

With “2030” Mr. Brooks has made the nervy move of transposing his worrywart sensibility from film to book. Two things are immediately apparent about his debut novel: that it’s as purposeful as it is funny, and that Mr. Brooks has immersed himself deeply in its creation. “2030” is an extrapolation of present-day America into the not-so-distant future, and it is informed by the author’s surprisingly serious attention to reality. Unlike the fantasy writer who foresees a gee-whiz future full of alluring gimmicks, Mr. Brooks has dreamed up escapism about problems we cannot escape. read more »