Christina Newland

Bill Morrison's documentary Dawson City: Frozen Time is a great detective story on many levels and in many domains, regarding the survival of films and what they show (as Chris Marker said, you never know what you're filming); at @ifccenter.bsky.social at 6:55pm +Q.&A. w/Morrison...:

JW Anderson Luca Guadagnino x Queer Hoodie JW Anderson Luca Guadagnino x Queer Hoodie - Size S but oversize for sure, more like a M Navy blue with beaded hoodie ties Tags still on, never worn, received as promotional item and listed as £22...

Guys I’m clearing space and here trying to sell this brand new JW Anderson / Luca Guadagnino hoodie and happy to take offers. Hit me up:
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And a huge nerd, and way too intense about beautiful dead people, so all in all nothing's changed that much

I once wore all black to high school on the anniversary of his death. I'm afraid that tells you everything you need to know about what I was like as a teen (and possibly an adult....)

A ★★★★★ review of Rebel Without a Cause (1955) My BFI Film on Film Programme Notes: ‘Whatever’s inside making me what I am, it’s like film. Film only works inthe dark. Tear it all open and let in the light and you kill it’ – James Dean In October ...

70 years today since James Dean left the planet, much too young.

Rebel Without a Cause changed my life, and I even knew that was the case when I was first watching it on repeat at thirteen years old.

Here's some writing on the film for @letterboxd.social:

letterboxd.com/cmnewland/fi...

‘Protect Empathy at All Costs. And Live Groovy Lives.’ Jim Jarmusch on what’s paying his bills these days and the words he lives by.

I interviewed Jim Jarmusch: www.vulture.com/article/jim-...

Lights, Camera, Genre! Crime | BFI London Film Festival 2025 Dive into crime’s shadowy worlds, exploring gripping stories, high-stakes drama, and gritty visual styles that define this suspenseful, thrilling genre.

On sale next week - tickets to my hour-long BFI lesson on the crime genre. Join me for a whirlwind trip from Yakuza to mafioso, Michael Mann to Jean-Pierre Melville:

whatson.bfi.org.uk/lff/Online/d...

If this monstrosity ever gets built, it's where their Nuremberg trials should be held before we put them in jail & tear it down.

Lights, Camera, Genre! Crime | BFI London Film Festival 2025 Dive into crime’s shadowy worlds, exploring gripping stories, high-stakes drama, and gritty visual styles that define this suspenseful, thrilling genre.

On sale next week - tickets to my hour-long BFI lesson on the crime genre. Join me for a whirlwind trip from Yakuza to mafioso, Michael Mann to Jean-Pierre Melville:

whatson.bfi.org.uk/lff/Online/d...

If I ever saw either one of my sons doing this to a woman, for ANY reason—let alone because she's frantic with worry—first I would disown him. And then I'd walk into the sea because nothing else I do could make up for that kind of maternal failure.

Pleased to have contributed to this @criterion.bsky.social @criterionchannl.bsky.social piece about some lesser-loved Robert Altman films. My pick: his attempt at lampooning the fashion industry, Pret-a-Porter.

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Pleased to have contributed to this @criterion.bsky.social @criterionchannl.bsky.social piece about some lesser-loved Robert Altman films. My pick: his attempt at lampooning the fashion industry, Pret-a-Porter.

www.criterion.com/current/post...

For the new @empiremagazine.bsky.social I spoke with director Rebecca Miller about her excellent new five part documentary series on Mr. Scorsese. It’s out in October!

In defence of Claudia Cardinale’s role in Once upon a Time in the West Spaghetti westerns were never too progressive in their depiction of women characters, but Claudia Cardinale’s role at the centre of Sergio Leone’s epic Once upon a Time in the West is more complex tha...

Ages ago, for BFI, I wrote an ode to her character and presence in Once Upon a Time in the West. I stick by it!

www.bfi.org.uk/features/cla...

I love her sultry, cunning peasant gaze in The Leopard, but seeing her this year in La Ragazza di Bube as a fearsome partisan fighter's woman, by turns defiant and petulant and tragic, it became an instant favourite. She was a total force of nature.

Can't believe I'm writing another post like this: RIP to a cinema giant. Claudia Cardinale was maybe the most beautiful woman in film history, but more, her unforgettable feline presence graces some of the greatest movies of all time, from Visconti to Leone to Comencini. :(

I copied his gold aviator specs in this too! Forever a style icon

The many reinventions (and looks) of Anna May Wong The legendary Chinese-American actress subverted stereotypes through fashion and – eventually – an unapologetic rejection of Western attitudes towards…

In time for the BFI season on Anna May Wong, I spoke with her biographer @kayteesal.bsky.social about her key style moments, for The Face Magazine:

theface.com/culture/the-...

(Double posting, so what) Someone call for help, she’s got her kooky 70s auntie glasses on

From @studiocanal.co.uk - a new beautiful 4K of Mike Nichols' still perfect The Graduate, with an essay from me and plenty of extras! hmv.com/store/film-t...

One Battle After Another is another genius hit from Paul Thomas Anderson This funny, gripping tale of resistance and family, starring Leonardo Di Caprio, is one of the most absorbing films of the year

On another PTA banger, One Battle After Another. For @theipaper.com:

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One Battle After Another is another genius hit from Paul Thomas Anderson This funny, gripping tale of resistance and family, starring Leonardo Di Caprio, is one of the most absorbing films of the year

On another PTA banger, One Battle After Another. For @theipaper.com:

inews.co.uk/culture/film...

Thank you so much ☺️

Robert Redford was Hollywood's fairytale prince of cinema – his loss feels deeply personal Christina Newland pays tribute to the late, great Hollywood star, whose films brought comfort through decades of cinema. Read more at Empire.

Absolutely beautiful, beautiful, BEAUTIFUL piece on Robert Redford here by the one and only @christinalefou.bsky.social. I loved every line of this.

Robert Redford: act natural In charismatic performances of immense restraint over more than half a century, Robert Redford blended traditionalism, predictability and inscrutability to great effect. From our January 2019 issue.

It's really interesting to read this 2019 piece back, where I address some of the critiques of Redford. Especially because I love him so dearly, I tried to be frank about his creative flaws & why they sometimes worked to his advantage (and sometimes did not!) www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...

Robert Redford: act natural In charismatic performances of immense restraint over more than half a century, Robert Redford blended traditionalism, predictability and inscrutability to great effect. From our January 2019 issue.

Robert Redford, 1936-2025

In 2019, @christinalefou.bsky.social paid tribute to an actor who, in charismatic performances of immense restraint over more than half a century, blended traditionalism, predictability and inscrutability to great effect

www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...

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Aww thank you for sharing Han 😭 No exaggeration one of the best days in my life!

Robert Redford: ‘I’ve always loved the idea of the outlaw’ They say you should never meet your heroes, but that’s just wrong. LWLies receives a valedictory audience with Hollywood royalty.

LWL were lucky enough to have @christinalefou.bsky.social speak to Redford at TIFF 2018 about The Old Man & The Gun and I think it's a lovely interview lwlies.com/interviews/r...

Coupla recs from me for BFI London Film Festival: Kleber Mendonça Filho's The Secret Agent [70s crime/spy larks against a vast sociopolitical tapestry] + Harry Lighton's debut feature Pillion [tender, surprising, funny Brit BDSM romcom]