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.

SXSW 2023 Coverage at @filmfesttoday!

The 2023 SXSW Film Festival ran March 10-19, and I was on the ground for much of that time. Film … More

Over the past month, Hammer to Nail ran 3 reviews of mine prior to the start of the Sundance Film … More

In the past month, Film Festival Today ran 5 reviews and 1 interview of mine: American Murderer review Ant-Man and … More

The 2023 Sundance Film Festival ran January 19-29, with both in-person and virtual elements (I attended virtually). At Hammer to … More

The 2023 Sundance Film Festival ran January 19-29, with both in-person and virtual elements (I attended virtually only). The 2023 … More

In the past month, independent of my Sundance and Slamdance coverage, Film Festival Today ran two additional reviews of mine: … More

Over the past three weeks, Hammer to Nail ran 3 reviews of mine prior to the start of the Sundance … More

It’s that time of year again, when I add on to the “best of” lists I have already published at … More

At Hammer to Nail, I participated in a curtain raiser with another writer, wrote 10 reviews, and conducted 3 interviews at … More

Over the past five days, Film Festival Today ran four reviews of mine: Aurora’s Sunrise Babylon Glass Onion: A Knives … More