Contributor Christina Newland

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In Heaven Everything Is Fine

The monstrous and the tender in The Elephant Man

Christina Newland explores the rhythms of David Lynch's take on the life of Joseph Merrick.
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Festivals

Queer Times: How Thessaloniki International Doc Festival are celebrating LGBTQ+ Cinema

A report from the 2024 TIDF sees art, empathy, a bit of violence and a hopeful vision for the future of Greek cinema.
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Interviews

Tarsem Singh: ‘I went bankrupt making The Fall, and I’d go bankrupt another ten times to do it’

The visionary Indian director behind modern cult favourite The Fall reflects on the film finding its audience after 17 years, and the production of Dear Jassi – his first feature film in almost a decade.
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Interviews

Martin Scorsese: ‘What is it about us as human beings that allows for us to be so compartmentalised?’

Speaking at the global press conference for Killers of the Flower Moon, Martin Scorsese provides insights into his research process and use of music, as well as discovering Lily Gladstone via Kelly Reichardt's Certain Women.
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Interviews

Franco Nero Strikes Again

The screen icon talks Tarantino, the delayed Django Lives!, and the time he got naked for John Huston.
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Muscle is a fearless exercise in deconstructing on-screen masculinity

Gerard Johnson’s genre-defying latest tosses class, sexuality and body image into a pungent stew.
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In Praise Of

My Comfort Blanket Movie: Goodfellas

Christina Newland takes solace in Martin Scorsese’s brutally violent, blackly comic mob classic.
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Interviews

De Niro and Pacino on The Irishman and the gangsterization of US politics

Face to face with two of the greatest actors of their generation, together in Martin Scorsese’s magisterial mob drama.
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In Praise Of

The Vietnam War movie they wanted you to forget

Ignored by the media and undermined by Nixon, Winter Soldier remains a vital snapshot of the counterculture era.
Long Read

Have film audiences fallen out of love with the western?

The poor box office performance of The Sisters Brothers and films like it suggests interest in this quintessential American film genre is on the wane.
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Reviews

Cradle of Champions

Community spirit and the sense of personal empowerment found in amateur boxing is the subject of this moving doc.

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In Retrospect
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Festivals

The true story of Montgomery Clift, as told by his youngest nephew

Making Montgomery Clift explodes the myths surrounding the Hollywood star and queer icon.

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