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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.

Spring 2013 Artist-in-Residence Ishai Setton visits SU

2013-04-27_Ishai Setton visits SU_14, a photo by Christopher Llewellyn Reed on Flickr. Click on photo for more. Ishai Setton, Los … More

Tom. Cruise. Is. Jack. Harper. In. “Oblivion.”

Oblivion (Joseph Kosinski, 2013) Let’s not waste too much time on this film (I always say that about films I don’t … More

May 3! Episode 8 of Delibero and Reed Presents . . . Take 2 (and 3 and 4 and 5, etc.): Cinematic Redos Galore

On Friday, May 3, Linda DeLibero – Director, Film and Media Studies, Johns Hopkins University – and Christopher Llewellyn Reed … More

“42” Hits a Double, and Then (Almost) Steals Home

42 (Brian Helgeland, 2013) There’s nothing wrong with this movie that a little soundtrack editing wouldn’t fix. That and a … More

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

My Ignite Baltimore 12 Talk – Film vs Digital: Can You Tell The Difference? – Is Now on YouTube

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

3 x 4/5: Happy Birthday, Spencer, Bette and Gregory!

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

“Stoker,” or the Film with Three Australians

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

Oz the OK and Probably Strong Enough

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

Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum, “Jack the Giant Slayer” Is Not Entirely Dumb

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

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