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 New “Man of Steel” Never Quite Takes Off

Man of Steel (Zack Snyder, 2013) The creators of the new Superman origin film, Man of Steel, managed to make one … More

This is the End (Evan Goldberg/Seth Rogen, 2013) Oh, what fun I had for the first thirty minutes of this … More

On Sunday, June 16, at 10:30am, I will present the upcoming film The Spectacular Now (adapted from the novel of the … More

Stories We Tell (Sarah Polley, 2012) “When you are in the middle of a story it isn’t a story at all, … More

We live in a world of wonders, where all of the problems that plagued humanity from the dawn of time … More

[NOTE: Missed the show? Check out the podcast!] On Friday, June 7, Linda DeLibero – Director, Film and Media Studies, … More

After Earth (M. Night Shyamalan, 2013) This is such a piece of crap or, to put it in polite language, … More

For the past two years, students in the Department of Film/Video at Stevenson University have written, produced, shot and edited … More

Cleopatra (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1963) Today, I saw, for the first time – in a movie theater, no less! – … More

The Great Gatsby (Baz Luhrmann, 2013) Before seeing this film last night, I had watched two previous versions of The Great … More