MUBI Notebook / Act Like a Man: Jean-Claude Van Damme — by Christina Newland on

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As we head into 2020, I'm starting a brand new column over at MUBI Notebook. It's called Act Like A Man, and it's all about ...

BBC Culture: Hollywood Heartthrobs Through the Ages — by Christina Newland on

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In time for the release of Little Women this month - which stars everyone's favourite boy, Timothee Chalamet - I wrote about the an...

BFI: Where to Begin With...Vincente Minnelli — by Christina Newland on

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    For BFI, I wrote a primer to the work of Vincente Minnelli - and got to talk about some truly great movies, like An American in Pari...

Little White Lies / Threads #12: The Signet Ring — by Christina Newland on

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For the latest edition of my column Threads, on film and fashion, I wrote about the masculine power of the signet ring. You can find it...

MUBI Notebook: What Makes a Screwball Comedy? — by Christina Newland on

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    For MUBI Notebook, I wrote about Preston Sturges' The Palm Beach Story and why contemporary screwball comedies just can't li...

Little White Lies: Robert De Niro and Al Pacino Interview — by Christina Newland on

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For Little White Lies latest issue, I had the immense privilege of talking to Robert De Niro and Al Pacino, two heroes of American cinem...

Sight & Sound / Life Doesn't Stop for Divorce: An Interview with Noah Baumbach about Marriage Story — by Christina Newland on

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For the latest issue of Sight & Sound Magazine, I spoke to director Noah Baumbach about his film Marriage Story, starring Adam Driv...

BBC Culture: Is Martin Scorsese's The Irishman the End of the Gangster Movie As We Know It? — by Christina Newland on

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Over at BBC Culture, I wrote about Martin Scorsese's latest film, The Irishman, and how it's a masterpiece that feels a lot li...

BFI: Why Bad Taste is Over - An Interview with John Waters — by Christina Newland on

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 For BFI, I had a great chat with John Waters about the Criterion blu-ray release of his 1981 movie Polyester  - we also talked Trump, M...

BFI: Death and The Musical — by Christina Newland on

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    For the BFI Musicals season, I looked at the darker side of the American movie musical -- and how death haunts the best of them now...

SSENSE: Suiting on Film / American Gigolo — by Christina Newland on

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   For SSENSE, I wrote a little capsule about one of my all-time favourite films, American Gigolo, and the Giorgio Armani suiting. Chec...

MUBI Notebook: Antonio Banderas and the Archetype of the 'Latin Lover' — by Christina Newland on

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In time for a retrospective of his work at NYC's Quad Cinema, I wrote about Antonio Banderas and his career trajectory as a 'l...

VICE: The Actress Who Killed Her Abusive Husband and Was Expelled from Hollywood — by Christina Newland on

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     For VICE, I spent several months researching the forgotten story of '60s actress and Playboy model Saundra Edwards, whose caree...

Little White Lies: Threads #11 - The Sequin Dress — by Christina Newland on

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For my latest installment of Threads, for the special Judy Garland-themed issue for the release of biopic Judy, I wrote about the music...

Little White Lies: The Photoplayers — by Christina Newland on

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For the beautiful new print issue of Little White Lies magazine, themed around Judy Garland for the upcoming biopic about her, I wrote ...

The Playlist: Babyteeth, dir. Shannon Murphy (Venice Film Festival) — by Christina Newland on

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For The Playlist, I reviewed Babyteeth , the last film I saw in Venice and one of only two Competition films directed by a woman. Shan...

The Guardian / G2: 'Incel' violence is horrific, but Joker doesn't take sides — by Christina Newland on

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For the Guardian, I wrote an editorial about incel violence and claims that this film will inspire right-wing vigilantism. Here's ...

The Playlist: The King, dir. David Michod (Venice Film Festival) — by Christina Newland on

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I wrote about David Michod's new film for Netflix, The King - starring Timothee Chalamet, Joel Edgerton, Lily-Rose Depp, and Rober...

Vulture: Spike Lee Calls Nate Parker's New Film 'A Part of History' — by Christina Newland on

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Here's a quick news piece about the premiere of Nate Parker's new movie American Skin at Venice Film Festival, where it was pr...

The Playlist: Wasp Network, dir. Olivier Assayas (Venice Film Festival) — by Christina Newland on

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    For The Playlist, I wrote about Olivier Assayas' new Cuban spy drama Wasp Network out of Venice Film Festival. Here's the li...

Sight & Sound: Joker, dir. Todd Phillips (Venice Film Festival) — by Christina Newland on

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Here's a first-look review of Joker, the disturbing origin story for one of comic books' most famous villains, for Sight & ...

The Playlist: The Perfect Candidate, dir. Haifaa Al-Mansour (Venice Film Festival) — by Christina Newland on

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I wrote about The Perfect Candidate , Saudi Arabian director Haifaa Al-Mansour's film in Competition at Venice Film Festival, for T...

Sight & Sound: Marriage Story, dir. Noah Baumbach (Venice Film Festival) — by Christina Newland on

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For Sight & Sound online and out of Venice Film Festival, I did a first look review  Marriage Story - Noah Baumbach's latest, ...

Vulture: Everything You Need to Know about Brad Pitt's Space Movie, Ad Astra (Venice Film Festival) — by Christina Newland on

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I had fun writing a little (spoiler-free!) round-up of good things to know about James Gray's new philosophical space drama Ad Astr...

The Playlist: An Officer and a Spy, dir. Roman Polanski (Venice Film Festival) — by Christina Newland on

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Here's a dispatch out of Venice Film Festival for The Playlist on Roman Polanski's latest, An Officer and A Spy. 

ICO: A Contemporary Perspective on Margarethe von Trotta — by Christina Newland on

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For the Independent Cinema Office's restoration of her films, I wrote about veteran New German Cinema filmmaker Margarethe von Trot...

BFI: Pauline Kael & the Men from Dream City — by Christina Newland on

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This year sees both legendary film critic Pauline Kael's centenary and an August season of films at BFI Southbank celebrating Cary...

AnOther Magazine: Remembering Piero Tosi, Visionary Costume Designer to Visconti and Fellini — by Christina Newland on

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    I wrote about the amazing perfectionism and detail of costume designer Piero Tosi, who worked with Luchino Visconti on ten films inc...

Little White LIes: The Vietnam War Film They Wanted You to Forget — by Christina Newland on

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In time for the 50th anniversary of the summer of 1969 - and to tie in with my BBC Arts essay film on the subject - I wrote about Vietn...

BBC Arts / Inside Cinema: Nixon's America - A Country Divided — by Christina Newland on

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The essay film I wrote and did voiceover for is now on BBC iPlayer:  https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07h0qbz

BBC Arts / Inside Cinema: Spacesuit Style — by Christina Newland on

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 For BBC Arts and Little Dot Studios, I wrote and did the voiceover for an episode of new series Inside Cinema . This one is all about ...

She Found it At the Movies: Women Writers on Sex, Desire, & Cinema — by Christina Newland on

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I'm so pleased to announce the upcoming publication of my first book, an anthology I've edited of 21 amazing culture writers. ...

BFI: '90s Stardom: Pretty Young Things — by Christina Newland on

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For the upcoming BFI '90s season, I wrote about stardom among the it-boys and -girls of the decade -- particularly how screen masc...

BFI: Woman With a Movie Camera Summit / Let's Talk About Thirst — by Christina Newland on

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At BFI Southbank on 22 June, I did a talk at the annual Woman With a Movie Camera summit to talk about female desire, sex, and cinema...

Little White Lies: 100 Greatest British Films — by Christina Newland on

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  For Little White Lies Issue 80, I wrote some capsules on the 100 Greatest British Films of all time - including Peter Watkins' Cu...

Hyperallergic: A Conversation with Filmmaker Jeanie Finlay about Her Doc 'Seahorse' — by Christina Newland on

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   For Hyperallergic, I spoke to filmmaker Jeanie Finlay about her film Seahorse, the story of pregnant man Freddie McConnell. Check ou...

Dazed Magazine: Jim Jarmusch and Adam Driver in Conversation / The Dead Don't Die — by Christina Newland on

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    For my debut in Dazed Magazine's June print issue, I sat down with Jim Jarmusch and Adam Driver to talk about their new film ...

SSENSE: Writers on the Fashion Essential to Coming-of-Age Films / Judy's Red Lipstick in Rebel Without A Cause — by Christina Newland on

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For SSENSE, I took part in a list feature where each writer wrote a bit about fashion in coming-of-age movies. I chose Rebel Without ...

Film Comment: Finest Hour / David Essex in That'll Be The Day — by Christina Newland on

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      For the latest (May/June) issue of Film Comment, I wrote about David Essex and his surprisingly layered performance as a young, a...

BAMCinematek Beyond the Canon: Richard Pryor's JoJo Dancer, Your Life is Calling + Bob Fosse's All that Jazz — by Christina Newland on

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I was really happy to write a short piece for BAMCinematek, an amazing Brooklyn repertory cinema. Their Beyond the Canon series screens...

The Face: Dragged Across Concrete and the #BlueLivesMatter Cop Drama — by Christina Newland on

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For the relaunch of legendary magazine The Face, I wrote about S. Craig Zahler's questionable new cop drama Dragged Across Concrete...

Little White Lies: Have Film Audiences Fallen Out of Love with the Western? — by Christina Newland on

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Jacques Audiard's great western The Sisters Brothers is out in UK cinemas today. Unfortunately, when it came out in the US, it flop...

Sight & Sound Magazine: Fear + Desire: Stanley Kubrick's Preoccupation with the Male Body — by Christina Newland on

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   From the sturdy slaves in Spartacus to the prizefighters of his early films, Stanley Kubrick was long preoccupied by the dimensions o...

MUBI Notebook: The Visionary Difference of Robert Siodmak's Film Noir — by Christina Newland on

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Two of Robert Siodmak's amazing classic film noirs, Phantom Lady (1944) and The Killers (1946) are now streaming on MUBI. For MUBI N...

New Statesman: How Agnès Varda Revolutionised the Inner Lives of Women Onscreen — by Christina Newland on

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   For my debut piece at the New Statesman, I wrote about Agnès Varda' s incredible seven decade career and how she portrayed the fe...