Here is what I had published at Hammer to Nail last week from the recent AFI DOCS film festival: 3 … 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.
“The Beguiled” Entrances, Though from a Distance
The Beguiled (Sofia Coppola, 2017) With a feature-filmmaking career that began in 1999, with The Virgin Suicides, and has continued since then … More
The Bouncy “Baby Driver” Speeds Marvelously Along, Occasionally Slowed by Soggy Sentiment
Baby Driver (Edgar Wright, 2017)* If only the entire movie were as good as its first act, Baby Driver would … More
AFI DOCS (1 Interview/2 Reviews) & 1 General Interview/2 Reviews @hammertonail + 2 Reviews @filmfesttoday
In the past two weeks, here is what I’ve had published at Hammer to Nail: 1 phone interview (with Jeff … More
@BaltimoreSun’s @RoughlySpeaking Podcast on Female Action Stars + Reviews of “The Mummy” and “My Cousin Rachel” @filmfesttoday
On Thursday, June 8, 2017, Linda DeLibero – Director, Film and Media Studies, Johns Hopkins University – and Christopher Llewellyn Reed (that’s … More
Minimalist “It Comes at Night” Showcases Directorial Brilliance Amidst Flawed Script
It Comes at Night (Trey Edward Shults, 2017) There is much to recommend in director Trey Edward Shults’ sophomore effort … More
Reviews “Freedom to Marry” @hammertonail + “Wonder Woman” @filmfesttoday
I ran two reviews last week, one of a great new documentary, The Freedom to Marry, about the fight to legalize … More
Post-Fest Coverage of 2017 @MdFilmFestival @hammertonail (5 Interviews), Part 2 + Reviews of “Risk” and “Spirit Game: Pride of a Nation,” and of “Baywatch” @filmfesttoday
The second part of my coverage of the 2017 Maryland Film Festival, consisting of five interviews with filmmakers, has run over the past … More
3 Posts @filmfestoday: “Alien: Covenant,” @WJFF (DC Jewish Film Fest) and “The Wall”
In the past week, Film Festival Today published two reviews, of Alien: Covenant and The Wall, plus one curtain-raiser about the now currently running 27th … More
Post-Fest Coverage of 2017 @MdFilmFestival @filmfestoday (Overall Impressions) and @hammertonail (4 Reviews), Part 1
The Maryland Film Festival (MdFF), founded in 1999 by Festival Director Jed Dietz, just ran its 2017 iteration May 3-7, … More
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