Here are brief capsule write-ups for four recent films that I did not review for their respective opening weekends. Detroit (Kathryn … More
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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.
Interview with “STEP” director Amanda Lipitz at “BmoreArt”
My interview with Amanda Lipitz, director of the inspirational new documentary STEP, ran yesterday at BmoreArt. Check it out at this link.
@BaltimoreSun’s @RoughlySpeaking Podcast on the 50th Anniversary of Notable Films of 1967
On Friday, August 4, 2017, Linda DeLibero – Director, Film and Media Studies, Johns Hopkins University – and Christopher Llewellyn Reed (that’s … More
2 Reviews + 2 Interviews – for “An Inconvenient Sequel” and “Menashe” @hammertonail & Review of “Atomic Blonde” @filmfesttoday
Last week, Hammer to Nail published four more articles of mine: a review of An Inconvenient Sequel, just released, but which I … More
More AFI DOCS Pieces – Interview (“Strad Style”) + Review (“ACORN and the Firestorm) – and Criterion Blu-ray (“Cameraperson”) @hammertonail & Review of “Dunkirk” @filmfesttoday
Last week, Hammer to Nail published three more articles of mine: another review from the recent AFI DOCS festival, this time … More
“Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets” Offers a Mass of Unpleasant Absurdity
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (Luc Besson, 2017) Based on a popular (in France) series of graphic … More
Another AFI DOCS Review (“STEP”) + Criterion Blu-ray (“45 Years”) @hammertonail & Review of “A Ghost Story” @filmfesttoday
Over the past week, Hammer to Nail has published two more articles of mine: another review from the recent AFI DOCS … More
Apocalypse Ape: In “War for the Planet of the Apes,” We Continue to Root for Our Own Destruction
War for the Planet of the Apes (Matt Reeves, 2017) Lest one be confused about the timeline of the current Planet … More
“Okja” Offers a Beautifully Crafted, Profound Lesson on Life and Love … Sandwiched Between a Ham-Handed Construct and Terrible (Adult) Performances
Okra (Bong Joon Ho, 2017) What arbitrary carnivores we be, O humans! Some animals we venerate, some we eat; some we … More
Still More AFI DOCS (1 Review + 1 Interview) @hammertonail & 2 Current Reviews @filmfesttoday
This week, Hammer to Nail published two more of my pieces from the recent AFI DOCS festival: a review of … More
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