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.

@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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

We’re back with a new season! Yay! Season 6 it is, and what a season it will be! Many documentaries … More