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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.

@fogoftruth Episode 1002: JIMMY CARTER: ROCK & ROLL PRESIDENT and DESERT ONE

Our nation’s 39th president, Jimmy Carter, is on the documentary docket this week as we review Mary Wharton’s Jimmy Carter: Rock & … More

Barbara Kopple, Bart Weiss, Desert One, documentary, Fog of Truth, interview, Jimmy Carter, Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President, Mary Wharton, podcast, podcasts, Sedika Mojadidi, The Fog of Truth

@fogoftruth Episode 1001: BIRD ISLAND and SPACE DOGS

We are back! We start Season 10 with two documentaries about the animal kingdom: Bird Island and Space Dogs. With returning guest host Leslie … More

animals, ArtInsights Gallery, Bart Weiss, Bird Island, birds, documentary, dogs, Elsa Kremser, Fog of Truth, interview, Leslie Combemale, Levin Peter, MUBI, podcast, podcasts, Space Dogs, The Fog of Truth, wear a mask

NOMADLAND Review (from NYFF) + NYFF 2020 & TIFF 2020 Recaps at @filmfesttoday

Over the past two weeks, Film Festival Today has run the following three pieces of mine: 2020 New York Film Festival … More

2020 New York Film Festival, 2020 Toronto International Film Festival, Film Festival Today, Melanie Addington, New York Film Festival, Nomadland, NYFF 2020, NYFF58, TIFF, TIFF 2020, Toronto Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival

5 Reviews + 1 Interview from TIFF 2020 at @hammertonail: DAVID BYRNE’S AMERICAN UTOPIA, HOLLER, 76 DAYS, UNDERPLAYED and THE WAY I SEE IT

Over the past month, Hammer to Nail ran five reviews and one interview of mine as part of our Toronto … More

76 Days, David Byrne’s American Utopia, Hammer to Nail, Holler, interview, Jessica Barden, Nicole Riegel, The Way I See It, TIFF, TIFF 2020, Toronto Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Underplayed

8 Reviews at @filmfesttoday: ANTEBELLUM, BLACK BOYS, CUTIES, THE DEVIL ALL THE TIME, I AM WOMAN, JULIE AND THE PHANTOMS, LES SAUVAGES, THE SOCIAL DILEMMA

Over the past two weeks, Film Festival Today has run eight reviews of mine: Antebellum Black Boys Cuties The Devil All … More

Antebellum, Black Boys, Cuties, Film Festival Today, I Am Woman, Julie and the Phantoms, Les sauvages, The Devil All the Time, The Social Dilemma

8 Reviews at @filmfesttoday: APOCALYPSE ’45, AWAY, BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC, COUP 53, HOLLYWOOD FRINGE, LINGUA FRANCA, MATTHIAS & MAXIME and MULAN

In the past two weeks, Film Festival Today has run eight reviews of mine: Apocalypse ’45 Away Bill & Ted Face … More

Apocalypse '45, Away, Bill & Ted Face the Music, Coup 53, Film Festival Today, Hollywood Fringe, Lingua Franca, Matthias & Maxime, Mulan

5 Reviews + 1 Interview at @hammertonail: EPICENTRO, THE MOLE AGENT, MY TENDER MATADOR, RED PENGUINS and #UNFIT: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF DONALD TRUMP

Over the past two weeks, Hammer to Nail has run five reviews and one interview of mine: Epicentro review The … More

#Unfit: The Psychology of Donald Trump, Epicentro, Gabe Polsky, Hammer to Nail, interview, My Tender Matador, Red Penguins, Steven Warshaw, The Mole Agent

@fogoftruth Bonus Episode: Best of the Past 9 Seasons!

In this special bonus episode, the last before we begin our momentous Season 10 … can you believe it? … … More

Bart Weiss, best of, Chelsea Hernandez, documentary, Fog of Truth, James Bond, Morgan Neville, Patricia Aufderheide, podcast, podcasts, Sedika Mojadidi, Sexy Beast, Stanley Nelson, The Fog of Truth

4 Reviews + 2 Interviews at @hammertonail: BOMBARDIER BLOOD, BOYS STATE, DESERT ONE, 9TO5: THE STORY OF A MOVEMENT, TRAIN TO BUSAN PRESENTS: PENINSULA

Over the past 23 days, Hammer to Nail has run four reviews and two interviews of mine: Bombardier Blood review … More

9to5: The Story of a Movement, Amanda McBaine, Barbara Kopple, Bombardier Blood, Boys State, Desert One, Hammer to Nail, interview, interviews, Jesse Moss

7 Reviews at @filmfesttoday: AFRICAN VIOLET, BOYS STATE, CUT THROAT CITY, D.N.A. DEFINITELY NOT APPROPRIATE, PROJECT POWER, PSYCHOMAGIC: A HEALING ART and UNHINGED

In the past three weeks, Film Festival Today has run seven reviews of mine: African Violet Boys State Cut Throat City … More

African Violet, Boys State, Cut Throat City, D.N.A. Definitely Not Appropriate, Film Festival Today, Project Power, Psychomagic, Psychomagic: A Healing Art, Unhinged

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