Christina Newland

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!

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.

Netflix drops Warner Bros bid, clearing way for Paramount takeover Netflix's decision to back down from the bidding war clears the path for Paramount to win the takeover battle.

Some big news… Netflix drops bid for Warner Bros, clearing way for Paramount takeover www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Kleber Mendonça Filho on 'The Secret Agent': “I wanted complete immersion into 1977” - A Rabbit's Foot The Secret Agent has become a blockbuster in Brazil for its pithy portrayal of a dissident under dictatorship. Now a serious contender at this year's awards circuit, the film—which also captures the h...

I had the absolute privilege to speak with Kleber Mendonca Filho about his brilliant film The Secret Agent, for A Rabbit's Foot Mag: a-rabbitsfoot.com/editorial/co...

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

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

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.)

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

Wanted to jump up and cheer when she said this

A good comparison - I think the Lost Daughter is absolutely phenomenal!

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

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...

"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.

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/...

H is for Hawk review: Claire Foy flies high in a low-key but moving grief memoir A meditative take on Helen Macdonald’s Costa-winning memoir of loss and bird-rearing

Me for Time Out London on H for Hawk, a poignant if slightly overlong exploration of grief & the natural world: www.timeout.com/movies/h-is-...

Stripe / a very cute skunk lol

I knew before I got him that I was going to spend endless time hevery day just staring at him doing clumsy puppy stuff like chase his tail or trip over his own feet, and you know what: if that's time wasted, I'll gladly keep wasting it 🥲

Today: have given him a frozen carrot end to gnaw for his teething, but now can't stop watching this Bugs Bunny-ass dog instead of focusing on what I'm doing. Will report back tomorrow when, undoubtedly, another quotidian thing he's doing takes up my attention for an hour.

Something about me: I fuckin' love Lee Van Cleef.

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!!

Perfect baby, no notes

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.

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...

I love this for you and feel a lot of kinship with it lmao. What do you mean studio system makeup techniques / the history of Greek leftism / the Nixon administration / Budd Schulberg isn’t its own demo?

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...

Hahaha. Though we generally have quite a nice big Venn diagram, the differences can sometimes be pretty hilarious lol

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...

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.'

Everyone say: hello Ernie!

what

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.

Isn’t it just! Glad to be in good company