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“If it bleeds, it leads.” A 2016 Sundance premiere, Christine is based on the true story of Christine Chubbuck, a 1970s television reporter who is remembered today for a dubious television first. Rebecca Hall (The Prestige, The Town) gives a breakthrough performance as the title-character, Christine, a pretty Sarasota, Florida, newswoman who nonetheless can’t seem to keep her professional or private lives in order. Still a virgin at age thirty, Christine pines over her station’s lead anchor, “gorgeous” George Ryan (Dexter’s Michael C. Hall), who consults the reporter on his news copy and later asks her out on a date. When Christine finally discovers where she stands with George, and following a series of missteps at her Florida news station, Chubbuck takes drastic action during an on-air segment. Thirty-three-year-old Simon Killer director Antonio Campos deftly crafts this “mesmerizing” awards-season sleeper.
Director Antonio Campos 2016 115 minutes R (for a scene of disturbing violence and for language including some sexual references) DCP