7/13/71: The Panic in Needle Park D: Jerry Schatzberg/W: Didion & Dunne w/Al Pacino, Kitty Winn More: @tnyfrontrow.bsky.social: www.newyorker.com/goings-on-ab... @christinalefou.bsky.social: www.thebetamaxrevolt.com/2019/03/film... @hamrahrama.bsky.social: www.screenslate.com/articles/jer...

Jerry Schatzberg on The Panic in Needle Park

Jerry Schatzberg’s second film, The Panic in Needle Park, came out in the summer of 1971 and was immediately both beloved and reviled by audiences and critics. The 20th Century Fox release was a kind ...

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HBD Jerry Schatzberg! Legendary Dylan shots + #70s Panic in Needle Park, Scarecrow, Puzzle of a Downfall Child More: @christinalefou.bsky.social: www.filmcomment.com/interview-je... @mitchellbeaupre.bsky.social: thefilmstage.com/jerry-schatz... @cvall96.bsky.social: mubi.com/en/notebook/...

Jerry Schatzberg Looks You in the Eyes

At 97, the photographer-turned-filmmaker—director of “The Panic in Needle Park,” ”Scarecrow,” and more—remains a realist and a romantic.

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After a short hiatus, I'm back presenting curation choices + notes for the lovely folks at Park Circus Films, who are releasing a restoration of Alan J. Pakula's incredible, thoughtful 1971 thriller Klute, with Jane Fonda at her brittle best: parkcircus.com/latest/P2885...

Christina Newland Presents #6: Klute | Park Circus

Brand new programme notes available for one of the great thrillers of its era

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Happy birthday to the late, great(est) Gena Rowlands. I wrote about her performance in A Woman Under the Influence for @theatlantic.com when she passed. A mighty force of a woman. www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...

What Gena Rowlands Knew About Marriage

The late actor mined the many contradictions of romantic love in her work, and never more brilliantly than in "A Woman Under the Influence."

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So happy to be here with a big print feature on three v different female stars in Hollywood who were tangled up by the system. Featuring Frances Farmer, Barbara Payton, and Annabella Sciorra 🤍

Little White Lies@lwlies.com · 2mo ago

Announcing… The new print edition of Little White Lies is here. Issue 113 is an illustrated exploration into the future of Hollywood, available now for pre-order. The cover art is by Nottinghamshire-based illustrator Nick Taylor.

New on That '70s Movie Podcast: We are joined by special guest @christinalefou.bsky.social to talk about Monte Hellman's legendary New Hollywood classic Two Lane Blacktop Tune in and find out why "those satisfactions are permanent" open.spotify.com/episode/3a0t... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Help, she’s watching Ric Burns’ New York on PBS again

A story in three images, courtesy of Ernie and the world’s cutest tiny ice cream

For @channel4tv.bsky.social this month, on 20 May, I'll be appearing in 'Marilyn and the Mob' as a guest historian, chatting about the truths, rumours, and mistruths around the great star's involvement with the mafia. Tune in!

The latest Classic Movies series is a belter. The usual suspects including @iannathan.bsky.social @stephena1984.bsky.social @christinalefou.bsky.social and @njstreitberger.bsky.social check out the best of the best.

5/12/75: Theo Angelopoulos' The Traveling Players Not peak TA for us, but masterpiece gen considered his greatest film More: @scotttobias.bsky.social: www.avclub.com/the-travelli... Anastasia Eleftheriou/ EEFB: eefb.org/uncategorize... @christinalefou.bsky.social: reverseshot.org/symposiums/e...

The Travelling Players

Testing the border limits of cinephilia by returning to films from other countries that made impressions on us at impressionable ages.

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For @channel4tv.bsky.social this month, on 20 May, I'll be appearing in 'Marilyn and the Mob' as a guest historian, chatting about the truths, rumours, and mistruths around the great star's involvement with the mafia. Tune in!

Was reminded today about this old piece I wrote - about female 'sexual delinquency', film censorship, and the old belief that girls might be led astray by the dirty gangsters of cinema. christinanewland.substack.com/p/the-thrill...

The Thrill of Going Wrong

Censorship, Female Sex Delinquency, and Movie-Mad Women

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For @filmsradiance.bsky.social I spoke to-camera about the fabulous and inimitable Anna Magnani (as a cruel madam in post-war crime flick The Bandit) for this boxset. She's a longtime favourite of mine.

Radiance Films@filmsradiance.bsky.social · 3mo ago

UK: Selecting gems from Italian neo-realism, WORLD NOIR VOL. 5 shows genre thrills from the edge of post-war desperation. This set includes 4K restorations, new interviews with Imogen Sara Smith, @christinalefou.bsky.social , and @manilazic.bsky.social plus a 80-page book ft. new writing.

Haven't been crossposting to Bluesky as much lately, but wanted to drop by to share my chat with @kermodemovie.bsky.social for BBC Screenshot on my pet obsession: boxing & its cinematic depiction. Delighted as ever to be a guest on the show. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - Screenshot, Boxing

Ellen and Mark explore cinema's most heavyweight genre, 50 years on from Rocky.

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Our third TX title from director Larry Cohen, SPECIAL EFFECTS, is out now. This LE includes an O-Card and booklet with new writing by @woahitsjuanito.bsky.social . Plus on-disc extras including a new interview with star Eric Bogosian, new interview with critic @christinalefou.bsky.social + more!

do you ever think about the time @hellafitzgerald.bsky.social wrote the greatest lede in history in an essay about Magic Mike XXL? yeah me too electricliterature.com/magic-mike-x...

This finally got a boutique Blu-ray release here in the UK with extras from people who are awesome (@christinalefou.bsky.social, @woahitsjuanito.bsky.social). I am in lurid '80s heaven this evening!

Peter Cox@losthighwayhotel.bsky.social · 5mo ago

A random movie I love every day til I decide not to 215. Special Effects (1984, Larry Cohen) #FilmSky #MovieSky

THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!

Matt Zoller Seitz@mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Greetings, new friends! You may know me as an author, a prolific Bluesky poster and 4th place finisher on So You Call That Dancing? But you might not know that my partner Judith (@mzpress) and I have an online arts bookstore that's growing every day. Full inventory here: mzs.press/EVERYTHING-W...

The upcoming @filmsradiance.bsky.social 4K UHD release of CUTTER'S WAY--arguably the greatest/bleakestneo-noir ever made--features contributions from such killer hitters as @jordanharper.bsky.social, @meganabbott.bsky.social, @christinalefou.bsky.social, and more (including an essay by me). GET IT.

Radiance Films@filmsradiance.bsky.social · 5mo ago

"The world lacks heroes, Rich" "I don't want to be one" An essential neo-noir of the cynical post-Vietnam era, CUTTER'S WAY arrives on UHD for the first time ever. Out soon in the UK and US/CA, secure your copy now.

Some big news… Netflix drops bid for Warner Bros, clearing way for Paramount takeover www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Netflix drops Warner Bros bid, clearing way for Paramount takeover

Netflix's decision to back down from the bidding war clears the path for Paramount to win the takeover battle.

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I had the absolute privilege to speak with Kleber Mendonca Filho about his brilliant film The Secret Agent, for A Rabbit's Foot Mag: a-rabbitsfoot.com/editorial/co...

Kleber Mendonça Filho on 'The Secret Agent': “I wanted complete immersion into 1977” - A Rabbit's Foot

The Secret Agent has become a blockbuster in Brazil for its pithy portrayal of a dissident under dictatorship. Now a serious contender at this year's awards circuit, the film—which also captures the h...

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Heyyy..... we should all read Caroline Fraser's book Murderland about the direct link between environment pollutants, lack of EPA protection, and the rise of serial killers in the Pacific Northwest.........we're about to start getting the Bundys of the world back again

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 6mo ago

Breaking News: The EPA is allowing coal-burning power plants to release more heavy metals like mercury, a powerful neurotoxin linked to brain damage.

Swanson's white whale, and a white whale for silent film fans too! I need to see this, stat

American Cinematheque@amcinematheque.bsky.social · 6mo ago

L.A. Premiere of New 4K Restoration! Erich von Stroheim’s silent film QUEEN KELLY (1929) starring Gloria Swanson is coming to the Egyptian on Sun. March 1st at 2 pm. www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/...

Just wanted to remind everyone, apropos of absolutely nothing, that I think I totally nailed this list for the ten @sightsoundmag.bsky.social greatest films of all time. (Except maybe that The Godfather Part II should be on it, but I think we can all agree its reputation is doing fine.)

Finally got around to watching this on the Criterion channel, and I can confirm it’s a very cool cockle-warmer.

Christina Newland@christinalefou.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Thanks to @criterionchannl.bsky.social I just watched Any Number Can Win, the Alain Delon/Jean Gabin heist flick set at a Cannes casino. Witty, stylish, and *what* a goddamn ending. Plus Gabin in dark sunglasses strolling around to 60s jazz = the actual coolest

For @dazeddigital.com I spoke with Kristen Stewart about her powerful directorial debut, The Chronology of Water, out of Cannes. The film is out in the UK now, and it's really a gem. www.dazeddigital.com/film-tv/arti...

Kristen Stewart: ‘Women often operate from a place of shame’

The actress speaks to Christina Newland about her bold and ambitious directorial debut, The Chronology of Water

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BOTD Ida Lupino!! D incl Outrage, Hitchhiker MCCT5 (A): High Sierra, Road House, Dangerous G, Big Knife, City Sleeps More @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social: www.criterion.com/current/post... @manohladargis.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/m... @christinalefou.bsky.social: mubi.com/en/notebook/...

"Mother of All of Us": Ida Lupino and the Label of Proto-Feminism

The actress and pioneering Hollywood director is being celebrated—and more broadly recognized—during her centenary.

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Me for Time Out London on H for Hawk, a poignant if slightly overlong exploration of grief & the natural world: www.timeout.com/movies/h-is-...

H is for Hawk review: Claire Foy flies high in a low-key but moving grief memoir

A meditative take on Helen Macdonald’s Costa-winning memoir of loss and bird-rearing

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