The 91st Academy Awards will take place on Sunday, February 24. Just this week, Hammer to Nail ran my reviews of … More
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.
“Roughly Speaking” on the 2019 Oscars
Today – Thursday, February 21, 2019 – Linda DeLibero and I joined Dan Rodricks on his Baltimore Sun podcast, “Roughly Speaking,” to discuss the 91st Academy … More
@fogoftruth Episode 503: 2019 Oscar-Nominated Documentaries and THE SILENCE OF OTHERS
This week we talk Oscars with a brief discussion of the documentary-feature nominees and a more intensive review of each … More
3 Reviews @filmfesttoday: ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL, THE LEGO MOVIE 2: THE SECOND PART and RODENTS OF UNUSUAL SIZE
In the past two weeks, Film Festival Today published 3 reviews of mine: Alita: Battle Angel The Lego Movie 2: The Second … More
Coverage of 2019 Sundance Film Festival at @hammertonail – Part 2
My Hammer to Nail coverage of the 2019 Sundance Film Festival continues with more reviews and one interview: Interview with co-directors of Anthropocene: The Human … More
@fogoftruth Episode 502: UNITED SKATES and MINDING THE GAP
Youth culture (and specifically docs dealing with subjects “on wheels”) is the topic this week as we look at United … More
Mr. Reed’s Metaphysical Neighborhood Presents the Best Technical and Artistic Film Work of 2018
On December 26, 2018, I published my list of best (and worst) films of the year, and then on January 14, … More
@fogoftruth Episode 501: Slamdance/Sundance 2019 Interviews
Chris and Summre interview four filmmakers from snowy Park City in this special Sundance & Slamdance on-location episode, out today. … More
Coverage of 2019 Slamdance and Sundance Film Festivals at @filmfesttoday and @hammertonail – Part 1
The 2019 Slamdance and Sundance film festivals are both now over, and here is the first part of my coverage, from both Film Festival Today and Hammer … More
8 Reviews @filmfesttoday: ON THE BASIS OF SEX, UNTOUCHABLE, GLASS, THE STANDOFF AT SPARROW CREEK, KING OF THIEVES, STAN & OLLIE, THE KID WHO WOULD BE KING and VELVET BUZZSAW
Over the past month, Film Festival Today published 8 reviews of mine: Glass The Kid Who Would Be King King of Thieves … More
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