Christina Newland
@christinalefou.bsky.social
~old hollywood, crime films, boxing, italian cinema, glamour & beauty ~
Sky Arts talking head. Empire Mag contrib editor. Writing: i Newspaper, the Atlantic, Criterion, BBC, Rolling Stone.
Forthcoming book SOFIA COPPOLA from Greenfinch/Quercus Nov 2025.
Sky Arts talking head. Empire Mag contrib editor. Writing: i Newspaper, the Atlantic, Criterion, BBC, Rolling Stone.
Forthcoming book SOFIA COPPOLA from Greenfinch/Quercus Nov 2025.
Spotted at BFI Southbank bookshop 🫶🏼
November 9, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Spotted at BFI Southbank bookshop 🫶🏼
A cheeky extract 🎀
November 6, 2025 at 1:22 PM
A cheeky extract 🎀
I wrote a little book, pals. 'SOFIA COPPOLA: The Complete Unofficial Guide' is out today from @quercusbooks.bsky.social/ Greenfinch and in all good bookstores. I loved delving into Sofia's prettified & melancholy worlds. Link here: www.waterstones.com/book/sofia-c...
November 6, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I wrote a little book, pals. 'SOFIA COPPOLA: The Complete Unofficial Guide' is out today from @quercusbooks.bsky.social/ Greenfinch and in all good bookstores. I loved delving into Sofia's prettified & melancholy worlds. Link here: www.waterstones.com/book/sofia-c...
I wanted to include this in the opening, but word count stopped me - from Suzanne Scanlon's great book 'Committed'.
November 4, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I wanted to include this in the opening, but word count stopped me - from Suzanne Scanlon's great book 'Committed'.
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...
www.criterion.com/current/post...
September 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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...
www.criterion.com/current/post...
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!
September 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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!
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. :(
September 24, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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. :(
(Double posting, so what) Someone call for help, she’s got her kooky 70s auntie glasses on
September 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
(Double posting, so what) Someone call for help, she’s got her kooky 70s auntie glasses on
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...
September 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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...
RIP Giorgio Armani, king of making movie stars look cool as hell.
September 4, 2025 at 2:39 PM
RIP Giorgio Armani, king of making movie stars look cool as hell.
I'm particularly into how weird & implausible & sexy its romantic subplot is. Shoehorned? Who cares.
August 28, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I'm particularly into how weird & implausible & sexy its romantic subplot is. Shoehorned? Who cares.
A lovely surprise today upon returning home - an advance copy of my book from Quercus / Greenfinch!
Available from 6 November at all good bookstores. You can pre-order here: www.waterstones.com/book/sofia-c...
Available from 6 November at all good bookstores. You can pre-order here: www.waterstones.com/book/sofia-c...
August 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM
A lovely surprise today upon returning home - an advance copy of my book from Quercus / Greenfinch!
Available from 6 November at all good bookstores. You can pre-order here: www.waterstones.com/book/sofia-c...
Available from 6 November at all good bookstores. You can pre-order here: www.waterstones.com/book/sofia-c...
So pleased to be asked by Park Circus to curate a monthly film pick from their extensive catalog which is available for screening in the UK and with programme notes from yours truly. First choice drops soon!
August 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
So pleased to be asked by Park Circus to curate a monthly film pick from their extensive catalog which is available for screening in the UK and with programme notes from yours truly. First choice drops soon!
Teorema, Toby Dammit, The Hit, The Limey….. an absolute king of cinema. Gutted.
August 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Teorema, Toby Dammit, The Hit, The Limey….. an absolute king of cinema. Gutted.
Had a great time introducing De Sica’s Yesterday Today and Tomorrow at BFI this evening, as part of the Sophia Loren retrospective. The audience even tolerated me referring to Marcello Mastroianni as a simp 🤭
August 4, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Had a great time introducing De Sica’s Yesterday Today and Tomorrow at BFI this evening, as part of the Sophia Loren retrospective. The audience even tolerated me referring to Marcello Mastroianni as a simp 🤭
Dubious footage (lol) of me introducing the great Rosa la Rose Fille Publique for @cineredis.bsky.social @filmsradiance.bsky.social
July 30, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Dubious footage (lol) of me introducing the great Rosa la Rose Fille Publique for @cineredis.bsky.social @filmsradiance.bsky.social
Next Monday 4 Aug, as part of the Sophia Loren (!) season at BFI, I'm introducing Vittorio De Sica's Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow. You can nab tickets here:
whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...
whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...
July 28, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Next Monday 4 Aug, as part of the Sophia Loren (!) season at BFI, I'm introducing Vittorio De Sica's Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow. You can nab tickets here:
whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...
whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...
Thinking about the (ok, MY) rising fascination with motor racing and Formula 1 and the F1 movie's enjoyable (if hyper-corporate, uncritical) masculine larks, and remembering this piece I wrote on men and cars and movies for @criterion.bsky.social:
www.criterion.com/current/post...
www.criterion.com/current/post...
July 16, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Thinking about the (ok, MY) rising fascination with motor racing and Formula 1 and the F1 movie's enjoyable (if hyper-corporate, uncritical) masculine larks, and remembering this piece I wrote on men and cars and movies for @criterion.bsky.social:
www.criterion.com/current/post...
www.criterion.com/current/post...
No idea why one exposed breast in a classical painting has been flagged for adult content here, but anyway.
July 14, 2025 at 12:29 PM
No idea why one exposed breast in a classical painting has been flagged for adult content here, but anyway.
Went to this West End show as a bday surprise last night & it’s basically a fictionalised version of Fleetwood Mac trying not to kill each other or die of coke abuse while making Rumours. The perma-stoned Cali sound engineer, played by actor Eli Gelb (late of The Mastermind) is an absolute MVP. 🏆
July 10, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Went to this West End show as a bday surprise last night & it’s basically a fictionalised version of Fleetwood Mac trying not to kill each other or die of coke abuse while making Rumours. The perma-stoned Cali sound engineer, played by actor Eli Gelb (late of The Mastermind) is an absolute MVP. 🏆
Looking v serious talking about Visconti’s La Terra Trema to camera for this beautiful release on @filmsradiance.bsky.social 🇮🇹 🎣
July 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Looking v serious talking about Visconti’s La Terra Trema to camera for this beautiful release on @filmsradiance.bsky.social 🇮🇹 🎣
