Author: chrisreedfilm

Christopher Llewellyn Reed is a film critic, filmmaker, and educator. A member of the Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) and a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic, he is Managing Editor at Film Festival Today; lead film critic at Hammer to Nail; the host of the award-winning Reel Talk with Christopher Llewellyn Reed, from Dragon Digital Media; and the author of Film Editing: Theory and Practice. In addition, he is one of the cohosts of The Fog of Truth, a podcast devoted to documentary cinema.

The Best Films of 2025

It is once again the time to list the best films of the year. I have already published other lists … More

Over the past three weeks, Hammer to Nail ran 5 reviews and 2 interviews of mine: Little Amélie or the … More

Over the past two weeks, Film Festival Today ran 4 reviews of mine: Ella McCay Happy and You Know It … More

Cinemaniax Episode 202 is now up. The subject is the 2025 Middleburg Film Festival, and my guest is fellow critic … More

Over the past three-and-a-half weeks, Film Festival Today ran 2 reviews and 1 interview of mine: Predator: Badlands review Rebuilding … More

Over the past two weeks, Hammer to Nail ran 2 reviews and 1 interview of mine: Nouvelle Vague interview with … More

This year’s Maryland Film Festival took place November 5-9 (it will return to the spring in 2026). I ran a … More

This year’s Middleburg Film Festival took place from October 16 to October 19. I ran a curtain raiser at Film … More

Over the past six weeks, Film Festival Today ran 5 reviews and 1 interview of mine: Boorman and the Devil … More

Over the past five weeks, Hammer to Nail ran three reviews of mine: Coexistence, My Ass! The Ice Tower One Battle … More