Christina Newland

There *should* be a pit lane to the sounds of it lol

Enjoying all the sea creature comparisons here, and also that I’m watching Formula 1 right now so the phrase ‘carefully overtaking’ really sent me. That’s it, that’s all I got

8/1/79: North Dallas Forty [D Ted Kotcheff]
Impressive Nick Nolte + outstanding cast incl Mac Davis, Charles Durning, G.D. Spradlin
Underappreciated film with something to say
Our take: midcenturycinema.org/node/179
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Everybody preorder this instantly.

Thanks for saying so. Also. I am always wriggling about so 🤷🏻‍♀️

Dubious footage (lol) of me introducing the great Rosa la Rose Fille Publique for @cineredis.bsky.social @filmsradiance.bsky.social

Next Monday 4 Aug, as part of the Sophia Loren (!) season at BFI, I'm introducing Vittorio De Sica's Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow. You can nab tickets here:

whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...

Right?! The disco double-bill is calling out to me!

Inside London's gloriously sleazy new cinema dedicated entirely to cult film The Nickel Cinema is now open.

Had a lovely time shooting the shit with Dom Hicks, proprietor of new grindhouse micro cinema The Nickel (@thenickelcinema.bsky.social) for A Rabbit’s Foot mag: a-rabbitsfoot.com/editorial/cu...

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So cool to see only male critics quoted about the new Lynne Ramsay, which is directly about post partum psychosis

Inside London's gloriously sleazy new cinema dedicated entirely to cult film The Nickel Cinema is now open.

Had a lovely time shooting the shit with Dom Hicks, proprietor of new grindhouse micro cinema The Nickel (@thenickelcinema.bsky.social) for A Rabbit’s Foot mag: a-rabbitsfoot.com/editorial/cu...

Highly recommend the UK Premiere of Fernando Lopes’ Portuguese boxing film Belarmino (1964) at @wshed.bsky.social, #Bristol during @cineredis.bsky.social today at 4:20PM: www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/1336...

Marvel hasn't made a good film in years - until now Fantastic Four: First Steps is an emotionally arresting, and visually appealing antidote to the complex muddle of so many recent superhero films

For @theipaper.com I wrote about the first Marvel film in ages that I actually enjoyed. Bonus points for Vanessa Kirby and Pedro Pascal having really adorable chemistry. inews.co.uk/culture/film...

UK Premiere: Yajû shisubeshi (The Beast To Die) Toru Murakawa’s gritty and violent thriller is a vital addition to the pantheon of Japanese crime epics, centring on a deeply scarred war photographer turned bank robber.

Plenty of #NeoNoir #FilmNoir action during @cineredis.bsky.social this week. Including Yajû Shisubeshi (The Beast to Die/ 1980) which will be screened in #Bristol; intro by @christinalefou.bsky.social, with special thanks to @filmsradiance.bsky.social! More info: www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/1338...

Two people kissing while reaching up for a basketball. From the film Love and Basketball

❤️The Rio Cinema's Feminist Film Group & I are having a love-in for LOVE & BASKETBALL's 25th anniversary!

🏀With an intro from iconic writer/director Gina Prince-Bythewood & a juicy post-screening Q&A, what's not to love?!

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I'm really keen.........everyone hold onto your hats for the discourse on this one

There are hardly any friendlier, chilled, more fun places to come learn about old movies from around the world - it's a total delight to be there every year. Come along!

UK Premiere: The Fall of Otrar From state-of-the-art 13th-century warfare to perfumed sex, The Fall of Otrar is a hypnotic epic about one of world history’s crucial battles championed by Martin Scorsese.

Join us at @wshed.bsky.social for a long weekend of remarkable discoveries - I'm especially excited for Portugese boxing flick Belarmino on Thursday and this lost epic war flick from the Kazakh New Wave: www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/1336...

UK Premiere: Yajû shisubeshi (The Beast To Die) Toru Murakawa’s gritty and violent thriller is a vital addition to the pantheon of Japanese crime epics, centring on a deeply scarred war photographer turned bank robber.

Cinema Rediscovered at @wshed.bsky.social is upon us once again! I'm delighted to be presenting introductions to 2 films from the new Radiance catalog: Rosa le Rose, a gorgeous, strange story of a Parisian sex worker, and Japanese rarity The Beast to Die: www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/1338...

Middle-aged men are in crisis - Paul Rudd's new film Friendship gets it By satirising traditional masculinity, the film shows us a lot about how men do - and don't - make friends

For @theipaper.com I wrote some thoughts about the brilliantly dark new A24 joint Friendship, which was out in the UK on Friday, and which has moments that recall Scorsese's King of Comedy in their comic discomfort. It's vis-a-vis the male loneliness epidemic:

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Yup!

Thanks. And your book sounds great!

Thinking about the (ok, MY) rising fascination with motor racing and Formula 1 and the F1 movie's enjoyable (if hyper-corporate, uncritical) masculine larks, and remembering this piece I wrote on men and cars and movies for @criterion.bsky.social:

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

I have always bounced around as a freelancer with a certain healthy short-sighted optimism, but that is really deflating at speed these days

Christ alive. Things aren't looking great, are they

I’m a horror expert – these are the 10 best films of the 2020s The past five years have been a treat for horror fans – watch these contemporary picks if you dare

I do not believe I'm a horror 'expert', but I had a crack at a list of my favourite horrors of the 2020s here for @theipaper.com: inews.co.uk/culture/film...

No idea why one exposed breast in a classical painting has been flagged for adult content here, but anyway.

Infallibility & Decay Some Thoughts on Celebrity

Something from
me on celebrity, the close-up, and screen beauty: open.substack.com/pub/christin...

What's going on with my "guys" and in some cases "dolls?"