Christina Newland
@christinalefou.bsky.social
~old hollywood, crime films, boxing, italian cinema, glamour & beauty ~
Sky Arts talking head. Empire Mag contrib editor. Writing: i Newspaper, the Atlantic, Criterion, BBC, Rolling Stone.
Forthcoming book SOFIA COPPOLA from Greenfinch/Quercus Nov 2025.
Sky Arts talking head. Empire Mag contrib editor. Writing: i Newspaper, the Atlantic, Criterion, BBC, Rolling Stone.
Forthcoming book SOFIA COPPOLA from Greenfinch/Quercus Nov 2025.
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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...
Swanson's white whale, and a white whale for silent film fans too! I need to see this, stat
L.A. Premiere of New 4K Restoration! Erich von Stroheim’s silent film QUEEN KELLY (1929) starring Gloria Swanson is coming to the Egyptian on Sun. March 1st at 2 pm.
www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/...
www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/...
February 13, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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.)
February 13, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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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Finally got around to watching this on the Criterion channel, and I can confirm it’s a very cool cockle-warmer.
Thanks to @criterionchannl.bsky.social I just watched Any Number Can Win, the Alain Delon/Jean Gabin heist flick set at a Cannes casino. Witty, stylish, and *what* a goddamn ending.
Plus Gabin in dark sunglasses strolling around to 60s jazz = the actual coolest
Plus Gabin in dark sunglasses strolling around to 60s jazz = the actual coolest
February 12, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Finally got around to watching this on the Criterion channel, and I can confirm it’s a very cool cockle-warmer.
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...
www.dazeddigital.com/film-tv/arti...
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
www.dazeddigital.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:09 PM
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...
www.dazeddigital.com/film-tv/arti...
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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/...
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/...
"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.
mubi.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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/...
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/...
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-...
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
www.timeout.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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-...
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!!
January 19, 2026 at 11:47 AM
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
January 19, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Perfect baby, no notes
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...
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.
a-rabbitsfoot.com
January 18, 2026 at 10:50 AM
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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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...
“…reveals a deft directorial hand and a distinct, languid, echoing style…” @christinalefou.bsky.social
grandillusioncinema.org/film/the-chr...
January 15, 2026 at 7:55 PM
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...
“…reveals a deft directorial hand and a distinct, languid, echoing style…” @christinalefou.bsky.social
grandillusioncinema.org/film/the-chr...
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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...
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...
January 14, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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...
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.'
January 9, 2026 at 12:50 PM
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!
January 4, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Everyone say: hello Ernie!
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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.
December 17, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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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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...
www.ica.art/films/punish...
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...
www.ica.art
December 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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...
www.ica.art/films/punish...
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...
www.ica.art/films/punish...
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...
www.ica.art
December 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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...
www.ica.art/films/punish...
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...
vinegarsyndrome.com/products/bro...
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
vinegarsyndrome.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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...
vinegarsyndrome.com/products/bro...
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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.
December 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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.
Jfc aaaaahhhh
Cinémathèque Française closed for rest of year over bedbug infestation after sightings of the blood-sucking creatures, including during a master class with Sigourney Weaver
Bedbugs force closure of prestigious Paris cinema
The Cinémathèque Française, a renowned film archive and cinema, said it would temporarily close its four screening halls for a month from Friday after a series of reported bedbug sightings.
www.lemonde.fr
November 29, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Jfc aaaaahhhh
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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...
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...
November 24, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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...
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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i think this list of films in conversation with OBAA from @judysquirrels.bsky.social is really lovely. i might do that for bugonia. letterboxd.com/riotglasses/...
films in conversation with ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
A list of 14 films compiled on Letterboxd, including Born in Flames (1983), The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973), Citizen Ruth (1996), Bulworth (1998) and How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2022).
letterboxd.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:20 PM
i think this list of films in conversation with OBAA from @judysquirrels.bsky.social is really lovely. i might do that for bugonia. letterboxd.com/riotglasses/...
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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.
EXCLUSIVE 🚲
BDSM romance Pillion is “a funny and touching and weird love story”, says Alexander Skarsgård.
“[The sex scenes] are dramatically quite interesting,” he tells Empire. “There’s lust, but also jealousy and confusion and pain.”
Read more: www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...
BDSM romance Pillion is “a funny and touching and weird love story”, says Alexander Skarsgård.
“[The sex scenes] are dramatically quite interesting,” he tells Empire. “There’s lust, but also jealousy and confusion and pain.”
Read more: www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...
October 23, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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.
Wrote this last year about the conondrum of beauty in Hollywood -
BOTD Gene Tierney!! M
MCC v #Noirvember T5: 5)Advise & Consent 4)Whirlpool 3)Where the Sidewalk Ends (Preminger x3) 2)Night & the City (Dassin) 1)Laura (Preminger)
More:
@meganabbott.bsky.social: www.criterion.com/current/post...
@christinalefou.bsky.social: www.bbc.com/culture/arti...
MCC v #Noirvember T5: 5)Advise & Consent 4)Whirlpool 3)Where the Sidewalk Ends (Preminger x3) 2)Night & the City (Dassin) 1)Laura (Preminger)
More:
@meganabbott.bsky.social: www.criterion.com/current/post...
@christinalefou.bsky.social: www.bbc.com/culture/arti...
Gene Tierney and the pitfalls of being 'the most beautiful woman in movie history'
Film star Gene Tierney was worshipped for her looks – but they were also a poisoned chalice. Nearly a century on, has the way we consider beauty changed all that much?
www.bbc.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Wrote this last year about the conondrum of beauty in Hollywood -