Film writing & publications
Newland announced and amplified two major pieces of published film writing this week: an Empire magazine interview with Gregg Araki about his new film I Want Your Sex, and a liner essay for Second Sight's 4K UHD release of Jonathan Glazer's Sexy Beast. Her most-discussed post — 327 replies — argued ... wait, correction: her standout post on the Araki piece (~4,973 views) described the interview's substance: "We shot the shit about why sex-positivity includes bad decisions, Olivia Wilde's high-fashion bondage gear, and a common dilemma: what happens when you get the strap-on tangled around your neck during a threesome?" [1]. She also shared the Empire magazine announcement and called Araki "so lovely" in a follow-up reply [2]. For Sexy Beast, she wrote: "Thrilled to have written about Jonathan Glazer's seminal Brit crime flick Sexy Beast for this beautiful 4K boxset courtesy of @SecondSightFilm" [3], and engaged with Paul Ridd about the film's UK restoration premiere at EIFF, noting she is moving back to the UK around August 25 and will miss the festival [4].
Gregg Araki / I Want Your Sex (Empire): Announced her Empire interview with Gregg Araki, quoting Empire's description of the film's "wild sub-dom relationship between Olivia Wilde's BDSM-happy artist and Cooper Hoffman's young assistant" [2], and gave her own gloss: "why sex-positivity includes bad decisions" and the strap-on tangle dilemma [1].
Sexy Beast 4K (Second Sight): Shared her liner essay for Second Sight's Sexy Beast 4K UHD release, calling Glazer's debut "seminal" [3]; conversed with Paul Ridd about the restoration's EIFF UK premiere and her late-August return to the UK [4].
Film commentary & appreciation
Newland offered compact aesthetic endorsements across several eras. Quoting a post on Mizoguchi's Street of Shame (1956), she wrote: "'Why shouldn't you sell what you own?' (Great movie)" [5]. She celebrated Criterion's August 1 Southern Gothic collection with a simple "Ayyyyy" [6], pushed back gently on a "basic" director list (Bresson, Godard, Mann, Brakhage, Hawks) with "If this is basic …" [7], and thanked @selfstyledsiren for surfacing Gilbert Roland in The Last Train from Madrid (1937): "I knew this but kinda forgot it, thanks for the reminder. Doing the lords work 🫡" [8].
Personal & other
Personal updates included a fun public Q&A with debut director-star Annapurna Sriram about Fucktoys at @sunraycine (~4,278 views) [9], and a humorous thread about her dad's dog returning from the groomers with a feather accessory, prompting a time-travel fantasy about touring with Robbie Robertson in 1976 [10]. She also shared a Spotify listening confession [11] and a brief sympathy reply [12].
Top conversations
2-post exchange · 689 viewsWith Paul Ridd: discussed Sexy Beast 4K restoration's EIFF UK premiere and her late-August UK return; she lamented just missing the festival. [4]
Retweets
(6.3k views)@selfstyledsiren's announcement of MoMA's fourth annual Silent Movie Week, opening with D.W. Griffith's WAY DOWN EAST (1920) with a 10-piece orchestra on 7/29. [13]
(107.4k views)@paranoidzpark's humorous take that giallos can never make a comeback because audiences will complain the plot makes no sense while the cinematography and score are too good. [14]
(19.1k views)@Abid_ism urging everyone to watch Samantha Morton in Morvern Callar, calling it one of the best movies of the 2000s. [15]
(4.5k views)@PaulRidd quoting Newland's own Sexy Beast 4K announcement, adding that the restoration will have its UK premiere at EIFF. [3]
(14k views)@pelicinema's photo of Paul Newman wearing a Newman's Own t-shirt. [16]
