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Christina Newland @christinalefou.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

After a short hiatus, I'm back presenting curation choices + notes for the lovely folks at Park Circus Films, who are releasing a restoration of Alan J. Pakula's incredible, thoughtful 1971 thriller Klute, with Jane Fonda at her brittle best: parkcircus.com/latest/P2885...

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Christina Newland Presents #6: Klute | Park Circus

Brand new programme notes available for one of the great thrillers of its era

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Christina Newland @christinalefou.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Happy birthday to the late, great(est) Gena Rowlands. I wrote about her performance in A Woman Under the Influence for @theatlantic.com when she passed. A mighty force of a woman. www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...

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What Gena Rowlands Knew About Marriage

The late actor mined the many contradictions of romantic love in her work, and never more brilliantly than in "A Woman Under the Influence."

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Christina Newland @christinalefou.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

So happy to be here with a big print feature on three v different female stars in Hollywood who were tangled up by the system. Featuring Frances Farmer, Barbara Payton, and Annabella Sciorra 🤍

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

New on That '70s Movie Podcast: We are joined by special guest @christinalefou.bsky.social to talk about Monte Hellman's legendary New Hollywood classic Two Lane Blacktop Tune in and find out why "those satisfactions are permanent" open.spotify.com/episode/3a0t... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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Christina Newland @christinalefou.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Help, she’s watching Ric Burns’ New York on PBS again

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Christina Newland @christinalefou.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

A story in three images, courtesy of Ernie and the world’s cutest tiny ice cream

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Christina Newland @christinalefou.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

For @channel4tv.bsky.social this month, on 20 May, I'll be appearing in 'Marilyn and the Mob' as a guest historian, chatting about the truths, rumours, and mistruths around the great star's involvement with the mafia. Tune in!

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Neil Norman @njstreitberger.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

The latest Classic Movies series is a belter. The usual suspects including @iannathan.bsky.social @stephena1984.bsky.social @christinalefou.bsky.social and @njstreitberger.bsky.social check out the best of the best.

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

5/12/75: Theo Angelopoulos' The Traveling Players Not peak TA for us, but masterpiece gen considered his greatest film More: @scotttobias.bsky.social: www.avclub.com/the-travelli... Anastasia Eleftheriou/ EEFB: eefb.org/uncategorize... @christinalefou.bsky.social: reverseshot.org/symposiums/e...

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The Travelling Players

Testing the border limits of cinephilia by returning to films from other countries that made impressions on us at impressionable ages.

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Christina Newland @christinalefou.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Was reminded today about this old piece I wrote - about female 'sexual delinquency', film censorship, and the old belief that girls might be led astray by the dirty gangsters of cinema. christinanewland.substack.com/p/the-thrill...

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The Thrill of Going Wrong

Censorship, Female Sex Delinquency, and Movie-Mad Women

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Christina Newland @christinalefou.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

For @filmsradiance.bsky.social I spoke to-camera about the fabulous and inimitable Anna Magnani (as a cruel madam in post-war crime flick The Bandit) for this boxset. She's a longtime favourite of mine.

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Christina Newland @christinalefou.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Haven't been crossposting to Bluesky as much lately, but wanted to drop by to share my chat with @kermodemovie.bsky.social for BBC Screenshot on my pet obsession: boxing & its cinematic depiction. Delighted as ever to be a guest on the show. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Radio 4 - Screenshot, Boxing

Ellen and Mark explore cinema's most heavyweight genre, 50 years on from Rocky.

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Radiance Films @filmsradiance.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Our third TX title from director Larry Cohen, SPECIAL EFFECTS, is out now. This LE includes an O-Card and booklet with new writing by @woahitsjuanito.bsky.social . Plus on-disc extras including a new interview with star Eric Bogosian, new interview with critic @christinalefou.bsky.social + more!

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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

do you ever think about the time @hellafitzgerald.bsky.social wrote the greatest lede in history in an essay about Magic Mike XXL? yeah me too electricliterature.com/magic-mike-x...

Tolstoy once said there are only three stories in the world: A man goes on a journey, a stranger comes to town, and Big Dick Richie’s dick is too big.

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Peter Cox @losthighwayhotel.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

This finally got a boutique Blu-ray release here in the UK with extras from people who are awesome (@christinalefou.bsky.social, @woahitsjuanito.bsky.social). I am in lurid '80s heaven this evening!

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!

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Travis Woods @aheartofgould.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

The upcoming @filmsradiance.bsky.social 4K UHD release of CUTTER'S WAY--arguably the greatest/bleakestneo-noir ever made--features contributions from such killer hitters as @jordanharper.bsky.social, @meganabbott.bsky.social, @christinalefou.bsky.social, and more (including an essay by me). GET IT.

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Christina Newland @christinalefou.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Heyyy..... we should all read Caroline Fraser's book Murderland about the direct link between environment pollutants, lack of EPA protection, and the rise of serial killers in the Pacific Northwest.........we're about to start getting the Bundys of the world back again

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Christina Newland @christinalefou.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Swanson's white whale, and a white whale for silent film fans too! I need to see this, stat

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Christina Newland @christinalefou.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Just wanted to remind everyone, apropos of absolutely nothing, that I think I totally nailed this list for the ten @sightsoundmag.bsky.social greatest films of all time. (Except maybe that The Godfather Part II should be on it, but I think we can all agree its reputation is doing fine.)

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Peter Clinch @zipnolan.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Finally got around to watching this on the Criterion channel, and I can confirm it’s a very cool cockle-warmer.

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Christina Newland @christinalefou.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

For @dazeddigital.com I spoke with Kristen Stewart about her powerful directorial debut, The Chronology of Water, out of Cannes. The film is out in the UK now, and it's really a gem. www.dazeddigital.com/film-tv/arti...

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Kristen Stewart: ‘Women often operate from a place of shame’

The actress speaks to Christina Newland about her bold and ambitious directorial debut, The Chronology of Water

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

BOTD Ida Lupino!! D incl Outrage, Hitchhiker MCCT5 (A): High Sierra, Road House, Dangerous G, Big Knife, City Sleeps More @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social: www.criterion.com/current/post... @manohladargis.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/m... @christinalefou.bsky.social: mubi.com/en/notebook/...

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"Mother of All of Us": Ida Lupino and the Label of Proto-Feminism

The actress and pioneering Hollywood director is being celebrated—and more broadly recognized—during her centenary.

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Christina Newland @christinalefou.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Writing something involving Lee Van Cleef, who of course was a genius at playing villains & morally ambiguous types, and discovered that his grave at Forest Lawn Cemetery in LA has this epitaph - 'Best of the Bad' - on it. RIP king!!

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Christina Newland @christinalefou.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Enjoyed responding to the prompt from A Rabbit's Foot about what the Movie Star of tomorrow might look like. Find me contemplating it briefly here: a-rabbitsfoot.com/editorial/cu...

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What makes a movie star today? - A Rabbit's Foot

Film critic Christina Newland explores what it means to be a real star in the social media age.

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Grand Illusion Cinema @grandillusioncinema.org · 15/01/2026

THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER is Kristen Stewart's feature-length directorial debut. See it 1/30 & 2/1 at the @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center presented by us! “…reveals a deft directorial hand and a distinct, languid, echoing style…” @christinalefou.bsky.social grandillusioncinema.org/film/the-chr...

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

1/14/72: Cisco Pike, w/Kris Kristofferson, Karen Black, Gene Hackman, Harry Dean Stanton + + Loaded Indicator blu incl @christinalefou.bsky.social essay More: @peterapeel.bsky.social: mrpeelsardineliqueur.blogspot.com/2010/03/one-... @seanhowe.bsky.social: atomsmashers.blogspot.com/2008/03/cell...

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Christina Newland @christinalefou.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

The two types of cinephile have really been encapsulated by me crying at Frank Capra's You Can't Take it With You last night, and my boyfriend contemplating getting me to watch William Lustig's Maniac today by saying: 'I don't know. You don't really like scalping, do you.'

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Christina Newland @christinalefou.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Have just so happened to watch The Shop Around the Corner and When Harry Met Sally in the past three days, and my god, the romcom was simply never better than in these two perfect motion pictures. Having a lotta feelings.

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Christina Newland @christinalefou.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

As part of our tribute to the late Peter Watkins, I've paired with ICA London to screen his dystopian anti-war film Punishment Park, a chilling vision of the American gov't interring domestic radicals. This Sunday at 2pm, w/ a recorded video intro from me: www.ica.art/films/punish...

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ICA | Punishment Park

The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) is London’s leading space for contemporary culture. We commission, produce and present new work in film, music, performance and the visual arts by today’s most...

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Christina Newland @christinalefou.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

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ICA | Punishment Park

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Christina Newland @christinalefou.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Was really pleased to have written a brand-new essay for this Vinegar Syndrome release of Bronco Bullfrog, Barney Platts-Mills' odd, spritely kitchen-sink film of awkward juvenile rebellion in '69 London: vinegarsyndrome.com/products/bro...

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Bronco Bullfrog

2025 Subscribers: This is NOT included in your Subscription. If you'd like to purchase it, you will need to login to view your special 50% off SRP pricing. This special limited edition slipcover

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Travis Woods @aheartofgould.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Thrilled to have contributed an essay to the 4K UHD premiere to one of the greatest (and bleakest) neo-noirs ever made, CUTTER’S WAY. And I’m honored to share space with such killer fellow contributors: @meganabbott.bsky.social, @christinalefou.bsky.social, @jordanharper.bsky.social and more.

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Cutter’s Way (US Radiance Films LE) (4k UHD / Blu-Ray) preorder – DiabolikDVD

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

New To Us: Jacques Deray's Symphony for a Massacre A slice of Melville via Elevator to the Gallows Possibly his best film! Excellent @filmsradiance.bsky.social restoration w/ @aheartofgould.bsky.social commentary & new @christinalefou.bsky.social intro: www.radiancefilms.co.uk/products/sym...

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Christina Newland @christinalefou.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

I loved this film a lot, and I loved talking to director Harry Lighton & stars Alexander Skarsgard and Harry Melling about it even more. You can find out more below, and check out the full feature in the latest Empire Mag.

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Christina Newland @christinalefou.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Wrote this last year about the conondrum of beauty in Hollywood -

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Christina Newland @christinalefou.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

So pleased have curated a film tribute to the late Peter Watkins with ICA London. First up, 22 Nov, his film Privilege, a swinging 60s artefact which hobbles the swinging. At its centre, a rock-star-as-empty-messiah, played by Manfred Mann’s Paul Jones. More soon! www.ica.art/films/peter-...

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ICA | Peter Watkins: Privilege + introduction

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ICA | Peter Watkins: Privilege + introduction

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Christina Newland @christinalefou.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

I wrote a little book, pals. 'SOFIA COPPOLA: The Complete Unofficial Guide' is out today from @quercusbooks.bsky.social/ Greenfinch and in all good bookstores. I loved delving into Sofia's prettified & melancholy worlds. Link here: www.waterstones.com/book/sofia-c...

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