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.

4 Reviews and 3 Interviews at @hammertonail: THE EDGE OF DEMOCRACY, HEIMAT IS A SPACE IN TIME, MAKING WAVES: THE ART OF CINEMATIC SOUND, LES MISÉRABLES, PERSONHOOD, RECORDER: THE MARION STOKES PROJECT, SOUTH MOUNTAIN

Over the past three weeks, Hammer to Nail ran 7 more pieces of mine, both interviews and reviews: Review of The … More

Mr. Reed’s Metaphysical Neighborhood Presents the Best Technical and Artistic Film Work of 2019

Well, the 2020 Oscar nominations are in (with snubs and odd inclusions galore!). On December 31, 2019, I published my own … More

Mr. Reed’s Metaphysical Neighborhood Presents the Best Film Acting of 2019

On December 31, 2019, I published my list of best (and worst) films of the year, and now here is my … More

Mr. Reed’s Metaphysical Neighborhood Presents the Best (and Worst) Films of 2019

[For an explanation of my blog-post title, check out my “best of” list from 2013.] To be honest, I am suffering … More