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.

Two Foreign Films – “No” and “War Witch” – Tackle Complex Subjects Simply

It has been a while since my last film review (although I have posted other things). I am back with … More

Here it is: This was my third Ignite Baltimore talk. I had also spoken at Ignite Baltimore 7, on the … More

I have been MIA on this blog for most of the month of the March, for which I apologize. The … More

Stoker (Chan-wook Park, 2013) How embarrassing – I watched this film at a special sneak preview on January 24, yet … More

Oz the Great and Powerful (Sam Raimi, 2013) Let me just start out by stating clearly, for the record, that … More

Jack the Giant Slayer (Bryan Singer, 2013) Back in 1995, I remember the excitement of watching a pretty amazing little … More

Killer Joe (William Friedkin, 2011) As I write this, I have just started watching another film from last year starring … More

Barbara (Christian Petzold, 2012) I watched this on 2/17/13 at Cinema Sundays at the Charles, where it was presented by … More

So another Academy Awards ceremony has come and gone. I’ll leave most of the commentary about Seth MacFarlane’s hosting job … More

Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007 (Stevan Riley, 2012) If you know very little about the James Bond books … More