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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.

Reviews at @filmfesttoday: THE DEAD DON’T DIE, LATE NIGHT, MEN IN BLACK: INTERNATIONAL and PLUS ONE

Film Festival Today ran 4 reviews of mine this week: The Dead Don’t Die Late Night Men in Black: International Plus … More

Film Festival Today, Late Night, Men in Black: International, Plus One, The Dead Don't Die

@fogoftruth EPISODE 604: INSTANT DREAMS and VISION PORTRAITS

This week we look at documentaries about photography, Polaroid film and alternative ways of seeing as we review Instant Dreams … More

documentary, Fog of Truth, Instant Dreams, podcast, Rodney Evans, Vision Portraits

3 Reviews (So Far) from the 2019 Maryland Film Festival at @hammertonail: ANBESSA, OTHER MUSIC and QUEEN OF LAPA

This year’s Maryland Film Festival held riches galore. So far, Hammer to Nail has published three of my reviews from … More

Anbessa, Hammer to Nail, Maryland, Maryland Film Festival, Maryland Film Festival 2019, Other Music, Queen of Lapa

Reviews at @filmfesttoday: BISBEE ’17, DARK PHOENIX, FIRST TO THE MOON, LETO, MA and ROCKTMAN

In the past nine days, Film Festival Today published 6 reviews of mine: Bisbee ’17 Dark Phoenix First to the Moon … More

Bisbee '17, Dark Phoenix, Film Festival Today, First to the Moon, Leto, Ma, Rocketman

@fogoftruth EPISODE 603: KNOCK DOWN THE HOUSE and RUNNING WITH BETO

Our theme this week is politics, as we discuss election and political documentaries, review Knock Down the House, and Bart … More

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Beto O'Rourke, David Modigliani, Fog of Truth, Knock Down the House, Running with Beto

@fogoftruth EPISODE 602: BISBEE ’17 and BUILDING THE AMERICAN DREAM

This week we look at documentaries about immigration (and specifically about migrant workers) as we review Bisbee ‘17 and have … More

Bisbee '17, Building the American Dream, Chelsea Hernandez, Fog of Truth, Robert Greene

3 Reviews + 1 Interview at @hammertonail: HONDROS, KNOCK DOWN THE HOUSE, SALVAGE, TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT

Over the past two weeks, Hammer to Nail published 4 more pieces of mine: Hondros review Knock Down the House interview … More

2019 Annapolis Film Festival, 2019 SXSW Film Festival, Annapolis 2019, Hondros, Knock Down the House, Rachel Lears, Salvage, SXSW 2019, Take It or Leave It

Reviews at @filmfesttoday: ACTION, BOOKSMART, NON-FICTION, TRIAL BY FIRE and WALKING ON WATER

In the past week, Film Festival Today published 5 reviews of mine: Action Booksmart Non-Fiction Trial by Fire Walking on Water … More

Action, Booksmart, Film Festival Today, http://www.filmfestivaltoday.com/film-reviews/film-review-walking-on-water-floats-above-the-ordinary-troubles-of-the-world, Non-Fiction, Trial by Fire, Walking on Water

Three 2019 Festivals at @filmfesttoday: AFI DOCS (Pre-Fest Interview with Fest Director), Maryland (Pre- and Post-Coverage) and Tribeca (Post)

Over the past month, I have run coverage of three festivals at Film Festival Today: AFI DOCS 2019: Interview with Festival … More

2019 Tribeca Film Festival, AFI DOCS, AFI DOCS 2019, Film Festival Today, Maryland Film Festival, Maryland Film Festival 2019, Michael Lumpkin, Tribeca, Tribeca 2019

Tribeca 2019 Coverage at @hammertonail: 9 Reviews + 1 Interview

Over the course of the last month, Hammer to Nail published 9 reviews and 1 interview of mine from the 2019 … More

2019 Tribeca Film Festival, A Woman’s Work: The NFL’s Cheerleader Problem, Burning Cane, Freddy McConnell, Hammer to Nail, Jeanie Finlay, Leftover Women, Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound, Meeting Gorbachev, Our Time Machine, Pearl, Picture Character, Seahorse

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