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 48fps Hobbit morphs into Smaug

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Peter Jackson, 2012) I really like this movie’s poster! It sells, in a wonderfully vivid … More

Linda DeLibero and I spent a great hour discussing the movies of the fall season on the Midday with Dan Rodricks show – … More

That’s what happened to me, anyway, this weekend. Without realizing what I was doing, I rented two films that both … More

Holy Motors (Leos Carax, 2012) Though I have long been tempted, I have never managed to catch a film by the … More

Hitchcock (Sacha Gervasi, 2012) I had no idea who Sacha Gervasi was before watching this film the other night, but … More

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences just published its list of the 15 Documentaries from which it will choose … More

Twilight (Catherine Hardwicke, 2008) Twilight Saga, The: New Moon (Chris Weitz, 2009) Twilight Saga, The: Eclipse (David Slade, 2010) Twilight … More

Rise of the Guardians (Peter Ramsey, 2012) This enjoyable children’s fantasy from DreamWorks has a plot that makes, at times, … More

. . . but we could say a few more words about Anna Karenina. In my review, I praised the performances … More

I continue to do my best to watch as many films released in the past year as my schedule will … More