BFI: Joan Crawford and the Crime Film — by Christina Newland on

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For this month's Joan Crawford film retrospective at BFI Southbank London, I wrote about her roles in the crime genre and how she tr...

Little White Lies: A Prayer Before Dawn (Review) — by Christina Newland on

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For Little White Lies, I reviewed Jean-Stephane Sauvaire's brutal and tender prison drama A Prayer Before Dawn. Read it here.

MUBI Notebook: Dwayne Johnson's New Kind of Hollywood Masculinity — by Christina Newland on

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   For MUBI Notebook, I wrote about the curious star persona and appeal of one of Hollywood's highest-grossing actors, Dwayne '...

Village Voice: When Women Ruled Hollywood — by Christina Newland on

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    For my debut at The Village Voice, I wrote about BAM Cinematek's repertory season on early Hollywood, called Pioneers: First Wo...

MUBI Notebook: An Interview with Paul Schrader on First Reformed — by Christina Newland on

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    I had a chat with legendary director Paul Schrader over at MUBI Notebook about his new movie First Reformed, which was basically a d...

The Ringer: The Biggest Fight in Women's Boxing is Over a Minute — by Christina Newland on

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 Over the past six months or so, I've been reporting on discrimination against women in professional boxing vis-a-vis round length ...