Christina Newland: Writing on film & Culture

Monday, June 30, 2014

Review: Cold in July

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Cold in July is an utterly unpredictable, stylish Southern thriller, set (as we are told early on) in East Texas, circa 1989. Careening...
Sunday, June 15, 2014

Review: Fruitvale Station

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   On New Year's Day 2009, an unarmed black man named Oscar Grant was shot and killed by a police officer, after a scuffle had brok...
Monday, May 19, 2014

New Empress: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (DVD Review)

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                                                    Posted Here at New Empress Magazine

New Empress Magazine: Unfaithfully Yours (DVD Review)

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                                          Posted Here at New Empress Magazine
Friday, May 16, 2014

Review: Frank

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        Initially, it may seem like a cool-kid gimmick - Lenny Abrahamson's tale of an eccentric indie band fronted by Frank, who r...

KoTG: Containment and Anti-Psychiatry in Sam Fuller's Shock Corridor

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  Continuing our  Prisons of the Body, Prisons of the Soul  series,  Christina Newland  looks at the idea of containment in Sam Fuller’s...
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