Top 10 Films of 2014 — by Christina Newland on

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10. Stations of the Cross, dir. Dietrich Bruggemann A structurally rigorous film split into fourteen nearly-static chapters, Germa...

Grolsch Film Works: Old Hollywood Hating on New Hollywood — by Christina Newland on

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Cary Grant and Bette Davis bitch about younger Hollywood. You gotta love golden age gossip - over at Grolsch Film Works. 

Canvas by Grolsch: Ian Pons Jewell's Bolivian Dreamscapes — by Christina Newland on

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I spoke to MOBO-winning music video and short film director Ian Pons Jewell over at Canvas by Grolsch. Head over there to take a look...

Canvas by Grolsch: Russian Film Culture Under the Putin Regime - In Dialogue with Andrei Kartashov — by Christina Newland on

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I spoke to St. Petersburg-based film critic and editor Andrei Kartashov about the current cultural climate in Russia, and its influenc...

Grolsch Film Works: Bible Bashers + Assorted Religious Freaks — by Christina Newland on

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   I wrote about all the priests, nuns, and religious freaks that have been populating our cinema screens this year, from Noah to Calv...

Canvas by Grolsch: Greek Historical Memory Onscreen — by Christina Newland on

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   I wrote about Greek and Greek diaspora cinema in the postwar era, and you can read about it here!

London Film Festival for Verité Film Mag: Alice Rohrwacher's The Wonders — by Christina Newland on

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   I reviewed Italian filmmaker Alice Rohrwacher's second film, The Wonders, which won the Grand Prix at Cannes Film Festival, for...

London Film Festival for Verité Film Mag: Leviathan Review — by Christina Newland on

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   You can read my full review of Leviathan , this year's Best Film winner at BFI London Film Festival, for Verité Film Mag, belo...

Canvas by Grolsch: Women's Lib on Film — by Christina Newland on

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     I wrote about women's lib in American films of the '70s. You can read what I said  here. 

Grolsch Film Works: The Editor Review — by Christina Newland on

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          You can read my review of giallo parody The Editor here, at Grolsch Film Works. 

Canvas by Grolsch: Transcending the Horror Film — by Christina Newland on

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    I'm interested in movies that straddle the line between generic horror and something far more deep-rooted - things like Freaks ,...

Mayhem Horror Film Festival 10th Anniversary — by Christina Newland on

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  Photo courtesy of Peter Bakewell October 30th kicked off the 10th Anniversary of Broadway Cinema's Mayhem Horror Film Fest...

Canvas by Grolsch: The Photographic Eye of the Auteur — by Christina Newland on

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In the lead-up to the release of photography doc Reely + Truly, directed by Tyrone LeBon, I wrote about famous auteurs who bookended ...

London Film Festival for Canvas: Aleksei German's Hard to be a God — by Christina Newland on

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   I reviewed the epic Russian sci-fi/medieval drama Hard to be a God, which screened at the BFI London Film Festival. It's as insan...

London Film Festival for Verité Film Mag: Jean-Luc Godard's Goodbye to Language 3D — by Christina Newland on

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 I reviewed Jean-Luc Godard's incredible Goodbye to Language 3D , which screened at the BFI London Film Festival. The review was ove...

Canvas by Grolsch: The Cinema of Upstate New York — by Christina Newland on

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     I wrote about cinema set in the rural region of upstate New York - where I hail from - for Grolsch Canvas. Have a look here...

Review: Gone Girl — by Christina Newland on

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Obligatory spoiler warning.  Plot details contained herein. The margin between the public and private faces we wear has always seemed...

Review: Magic in the Moonlight — by Christina Newland on

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Woody Allen's latest, Magic in the Moonlight , is a frothy romantic comedy once again doting on a bygone age, joining the nostalgia...

Canvas by Grolsch: Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller Filmmaking Today — by Christina Newland on

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I wrote about Gypsy, Roma and Traveller filmmaking  for Grolsch Canvas. An ethnic group that has been maligned and misrepresented in ...

Canvas by Grolsch: Different Perspectives on the Vietnam War — by Christina Newland on

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I wrote about counterculture movies of the late sixties and early seventies and the Vietnam War for Grolsch Canvas. You can check it out...

Verité Film Magazine: Pawel Pawlikowski's Ida — by Christina Newland on

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You can find my review of Pawel Pawlikowski's Ida in the September issue of Verité Film Magazine.

Review: Two Days, One Night (2014) — by Christina Newland on

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Two Days, One Night, Dir. Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne  The Dardenne brothers offer a psychologically realistic portrait of a worki...

Verité Film Magazine: Abel Ferrara + Welcome to New York — by Christina Newland on

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I was very pleased to write for Verité Film Mag's August issue about the work of American indie director, Abel Ferrara. I foc...

Review: Blood Ties — by Christina Newland on

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Blood Ties (2014), Dir. Guillaume Canet  Starring: Clive Owen, Billy Crudup, James Caan, Marion Cottilard, Zoe Saldana In Brooklyn,...

Review: Joe — by Christina Newland on

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  Joe (2013), Dir. David Gordon Green Starring: Nicolas Cage, Tye Sheridan, Gary Poulter Joe takes place in some unnamed, blue-col...

Review: Boyhood — by Christina Newland on

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    Boyhood  (2014) Dir. Richard Linklater Richard Linklater has always been a director concerned with words; dialogue fills the s...