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Christina Newland @christinalefou.bsky.social · 14h

For the second edition of Park Circus Films' CN Presents, I chose another great 70s flick - the brilliant, funny, vivid concert film Wattstax, ft. Richard Pryor and Isaac Hayes.

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Christina Newland Presents #2: Wattstax | Park Circus

Brand new programme notes on Mel Stuart's legendary concert film!

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Christina Newland @christinalefou.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely thrilled to be presenting an introduction to Theo Angelopoulos' epic Greek masterpiece The Travelling Players, a film very near to my heart, as part of ICA London's
season of his rarely-screened films. On Sun 26 Oct: ica.art/the-travelli...

ICA | The Travelling Players

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 · 1d

Absolutely thrilled to be presenting an introduction to Theo Angelopoulos' epic Greek masterpiece The Travelling Players, a film very near to my heart, as part of ICA London's
season of his rarely-screened films. On Sun 26 Oct: ica.art/the-travelli...

ICA | The Travelling Players

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...

ica.art

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tnyfrontrow.bsky.social @tnyfrontrow.bsky.social · 9d

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...:

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Christina Newland @christinalefou.bsky.social · 9d

And a huge nerd, and way too intense about beautiful dead people, so all in all nothing's changed that much

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Christina Newland @christinalefou.bsky.social · 9d

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....)

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Christina Newland @christinalefou.bsky.social · 9d

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:

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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 ...

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bilgeebiri.bsky.social @bilgeebiri.bsky.social · 10d

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

‘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.

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Christina Newland @christinalefou.bsky.social · 13d

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...

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.

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Damnèd Screamvens @thehighsign.bsky.social · 14d

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

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 14d

CBS got their hands on a rendering of Trump's big White House ballroom. We'll let you pass judgement in the replies here.

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Christina Newland @christinalefou.bsky.social · 13d

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...

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.

whatson.bfi.org.uk

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Farran Smith Nehme @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 14d

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.

Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 14d

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

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Christina Newland @christinalefou.bsky.social · 14d

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...

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Christina Newland @christinalefou.bsky.social · 14d

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...

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Christina Newland @christinalefou.bsky.social · 14d

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!

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Christina Newland @christinalefou.bsky.social · 15d

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!

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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...

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Christina Newland @christinalefou.bsky.social · 15d

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.

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Christina Newland @christinalefou.bsky.social · 15d

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. :(

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Christina Newland @christinalefou.bsky.social · 15d

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

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Christina Newland @christinalefou.bsky.social · 26d

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:

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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…

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Christina Newland @christinalefou.bsky.social · 17d

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

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Christina Newland @christinalefou.bsky.social · 19d

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...

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Christina Newland @christinalefou.bsky.social · 22d

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

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Christina Newland @christinalefou.bsky.social · 22d

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

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

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

inews.co.uk

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Christina Newland @christinalefou.bsky.social · 22d

Thank you so much ☺️

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