All articles by Christina Newland
“In the end you can’t help but make stuff in a postmodern way”: Ben Wheatley on re-filming Rebecca
With his new film, director Ben Wheatley – who made his name crafting uniquely twisted takes on Englishness – offers an adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s classic gothic romance Rebecca. He talks about his love of the author’s work, the necessity of side-stepping the Hitchcock film, and about going to Manderley again.
By Christina Newland
“Why fight for a country when they lynch you?” Spike Lee on Da 5 Bloods and American lies
By Christina Newland
All I desire: women watching men at the movies
By Christina Newland
Birds of Prey review: Harley Quinn lets her hair down
By Christina Newland
Where to begin with Vincente Minnelli
By Christina Newland
Why bad taste is over – An interview with John Waters
By Christina Newland
Joker review: Joaquin Phoenix’s alienated antihero is no laughing matter
By Christina Newland
Marriage Story review: Noah Baumbach’s divorce tale has the rueful ring of truth
By Christina Newland
Pauline Kael and the men from dream city
By Christina Newland
Pretty young things: how Leo, Brad, Johnny and Winona redefined the 90s A-list
By Christina Newland
50 films and TV series to see in 2019
By Alex Davidson, Peter Hill and others
Her Smell first look: Elisabeth Moss plays a free falling rock star
By Christina Newland
How Joan Crawford embraced film noir (and middle age)
By Christina Newland
10 great films about Gypsies and Travellers
By Christina Newland
Girls of the Sun first look: Eva Husson's Kurdish war drama drills home female victimhood
By Christina Newland
El Angel first look: hitching a ride on a teenage killing spree
By Christina Newland
Birds of Passage first look: gang warfare in the desert
By Christina Newland
Reagan’s bastard children: the lost teens of 1980s American indie films
By Christina Newland
In defence of Claudia Cardinale’s role in Once upon a Time in the West
By Christina Newland
Male critics, female friendships on film
By Christina Newland
10 great films of 1998
By Grace Barber-Plentie, Nikki Baughan and others
Some like it hot – how sleaze, sweat and sunshine define Florida on film
By Christina Newland
10 great thrillers directed by women
By Christina Newland
Can the crime film change its ways? The sway of the 1970s at the 2017 LFF
By Christina Newland