Christina Newland

Film

2020 Is a Breakthrough Year For Women Lusting In Front of a Screen

An extract from a collection of new essays by women and non-binary film writers, "She Found It At The Movies: Women Writers on Sex, Desire and Cinema".
Christina Newland
3.27.20
Film

The Actress Who Killed Her Abusive Husband and Was Expelled from Hollywood

The story of Saundra Edwards, whose dreams of Hollywood stardom were cut short when she fired a shotgun shell through her husband's chest.
Christina Newland
9.18.19
Culture

ted bundy: why are people stanning one of the 70s most notorious serial killers?

Ted Bundy has become the subject of both a Netflix documentary and a feature film, restarting a conversation on social media that has existed long before the internet -- the strange phenomenon of romantic or sexual fixation on celebrity killers.
Christina Newland
1.30.19
Culture

ted bundy: why are people stanning one of the 70s most notorious serial killers?

Ted Bundy has become the subject of both a Netflix documentary and a feature film, restarting a conversation on social media that has existed long before the internet -- the strange phenomenon of romantic or sexual fixation on celebrity killers.
Christina Newland
1.30.19
Film

David Lowery On Directing Robert Redford in His Last Film

We spoke to the director about 'The Old Man & The Gun,' based on a true story about a man who continued robbing banks well into his 70s.
Christina Newland
12.3.18
Interviews

Paddy Considine Talks About His One Great Love

The actor has written and directed a new film, 'Journeyman', about one of his biggest passions: boxing.
Christina Newland
3.29.18
POP CULTURE

A Cultural History of the Diva

From Barbara Streisand cloning her pet dog to Mariah playing her own songs while she was in labor, we investigate how the world went from hating to loving divas.
Christina Newland
3.5.18
POP CULTURE

A Cultural History of the Diva

From Barbara Streisand cloning her pet dog to Mariah playing her own songs while she was in labor, we investigate how the world went from hating to loving divas.
Christina Newland
3.1.18
Film

The Gruesome Demise of the 90s Erotic Thriller

The sexy, transgressive film genre that spawned "Basic Instinct" and "Fatal Attraction" is long gone. What happened?
Christina Newland
12.19.17
Film

Finally, Women Are Getting Their Due in Crime Films

One-dimensional murder victims and femme fatales have dominated the film landscape for years—but a new breed of chilling and transgressive female-fronted movies is shaking up the crime genre.
Christina Newland
10.30.17
FIGHTLAND

The Hollywood Gangster, The Fix, and the 'Man Mountain'

How Hollywood and the mafia got in on the most crooked story in professional boxing history.
Christina Newland
8.23.16
FIGHTLAND

Gypsy in the Ring: The Brave Life of Johann 'Rukeli' Trollmann

The story of the light-heavyweight boxing champ whose career was cut short by the Nazis.
Christina Newland
7.25.16
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