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 lead film critic at hammertonail.com, an online magazine devoted to independent cinema; a regular film critic here at filmfestivaltoday.com; the host of Dragon Digital Media’s award-winning "Reel Talk with Christopher Llewellyn Reed"; a film commentator for the "Roughly Speaking” podcast with Dan Rodricks at "The Baltimore Sun"; and the author of "Film Editing: Theory and Practice." In addition, he is one of three co-creators, along with Summre Garber of Slamdance and Bart Weiss of Dallas VideoFest, of "The Fog of Truth" (fogoftruth.com) – available on iTunes, SoundCloud and Stitcher – a podcast devoted to documentary cinema.

Mr. Reed’s Metaphysical Neighborhood Presents the Best Technical and Artistic Film Work of 2019

Well, the 2020 Oscar nominations are in (with snubs and odd inclusions galore!). On December 31, 2019, I published my own … More

Mr. Reed’s Metaphysical Neighborhood Presents the Best Film Acting of 2019

On December 31, 2019, I published my list of best (and worst) films of the year, and now here is my … More

Mr. Reed’s Metaphysical Neighborhood Presents the Best (and Worst) Films of 2019

[For an explanation of my blog-post title, check out my “best of” list from 2013.] To be honest, I am suffering … More