Christina Newland

Christina Newland is the lead film critic at the i Newspaper, contributing editor to Empire Magazine, as well as a writer and broadcaster for BBC, Criterion, The Atlantic, and others. Her X/BSky is @christinalefou

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The long weekend for cinephiles: highlights from Cinema Rediscovered 2025

From a Kurosawa-style epic of towering scale to a 1960s geisha drama, Christina Newland finds Bristol’s annual feast of archive cinema as alluring as ever.

By Christina Newland

The long weekend for cinephiles: highlights from Cinema Rediscovered 2025

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It Was Just an Accident: Jafar Panahi explores the morality of violent revenge in his deserving Palme d’Or winner

By Christina Newland

It Was Just an Accident: Jafar Panahi explores the morality of violent revenge in his deserving Palme d’Or winner

Reviews

Highest 2 Lowest: It’s solidarity versus capitalism in Spike Lee’s erratic kidnapping thriller

By Christina Newland

Highest 2 Lowest: It’s solidarity versus capitalism in Spike Lee’s erratic kidnapping thriller

Reviews

The Iron Claw: a devastating story of real wrestling legend

By Christina Newland

The Iron Claw: a devastating story of real wrestling legend

Reviews

Give Me Pity: Amanda Kramer’s sparkling 1980s TV daydream moves to its own demented rhythm

By Christina Newland

Give Me Pity: Amanda Kramer’s sparkling 1980s TV daydream moves to its own demented rhythm

Features

The pleasure principle

By Christina Newland

The pleasure principle

Obituaries

Raquel Welch obituary: screen sensation who transcended sex-symbol roles

By Christina Newland

Raquel Welch obituary: screen sensation who transcended sex-symbol roles

10 great

10 great films of 1998

By Grace Barber-Plentie, Henry Barnes and others

10 great films of 1998

Interviews

“I’m not interested in reality, I’m interested in the images”: Andrew Dominik on Blonde

By Christina Newland

“I’m not interested in reality, I’m interested in the images”: Andrew Dominik on Blonde

Talkies

Poll position: why so serious?

By Christina Newland

Poll position: why so serious?

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Triangle of Sadness: Ruben Östlund’s savage castaway satire finds humanity all at sea

By Christina Newland

Triangle of Sadness: Ruben Östlund’s savage castaway satire finds humanity all at sea

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EO: Jerzy Skolimowski’s donkey fable decries human greed and folly

By Christina Newland

EO: Jerzy Skolimowski’s donkey fable decries human greed and folly

Festivals

Final Cut! makes a self-satisfied muddle out of its zombie-horror spoof

By Christina Newland

Final Cut! makes a self-satisfied muddle out of its zombie-horror spoof

Features

“Kill all hippies”: the punk nihilism of Dennis Hopper’s Out of the Blue

By Christina Newland

“Kill all hippies”: the punk nihilism of Dennis Hopper’s Out of the Blue

Features

Meet the wild bunch

By Christina Newland

Meet the wild bunch

Features

“You throw Black people in a western and it’s like sci-fi”: Director Jeymes Samuel on The Harder They Fall

By Christina Newland

“You throw Black people in a western and it’s like sci-fi”: Director Jeymes Samuel on The Harder They Fall

10 great

10 great films from 1976

By Sam Wigley, Brogan Morris and others

10 great films from 1976

Features

Call me by my name: Thandiwe Newton and the whitewashing of film stars’ names

By Christina Newland

Call me by my name: Thandiwe Newton and the whitewashing of film stars’ names

Best of 2020

In Birds of Prey, Harley Quinn lets her hair down

By Christina Newland

In Birds of Prey, Harley Quinn lets her hair down

Interviews

“In the end you can’t help but make stuff in a postmodern way”: Ben Wheatley on re-filming Rebecca

By Christina Newland

“In the end you can’t help but make stuff in a postmodern way”: Ben Wheatley on re-filming Rebecca

10 great

10 great films from 1970

By Christina Newland

10 great films from 1970

Interviews

“Why fight for a country when they lynch you?” Spike Lee on Da 5 Bloods and American lies

By Christina Newland

“Why fight for a country when they lynch you?” Spike Lee on Da 5 Bloods and American lies

Features

All I desire: women watching men at the movies

By Christina Newland

All I desire: women watching men at the movies

Where to begin

Where to begin with Elia Kazan

By Christina Newland

Where to begin with Elia Kazan

Reviews

Joker review: Joaquin Phoenix’s alienated antihero is no laughing matter

By Christina Newland

Joker review: Joaquin Phoenix’s alienated antihero is no laughing matter

Where to begin

Where to begin with Vincente Minnelli

By Christina Newland

Where to begin with Vincente Minnelli

Reviews

Marriage Story review: Noah Baumbach’s divorce tale has the rueful ring of truth

By Christina Newland

Marriage Story review: Noah Baumbach’s divorce tale has the rueful ring of truth

Interviews

Why bad taste is over – An interview with John Waters

By Christina Newland

Why bad taste is over – An interview with John Waters

Features

Death and the musical

By Christina Newland

Death and the musical

Features

Pauline Kael and the men from dream city

By Christina Newland

Pauline Kael and the men from dream city