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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.

SXSW2017–Part 7 @hammertonail (3 More Reviews + 4 More Interviews)

Continuing my coverage of the 2017 SXSW Film Festival at Hammer to Nail, here are seven more pieces: 3 reviews, plus 4 interviews to accompany them … More

Adam Keleman, Brian Knappenberger, California Dreams, Caroline Dhavernas, Cory Zacharia, Easy Living, film festivals, Hammer to Nail, Mike Ott, Nobody Speak, Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press, SXSW, SXSW2017, Trials of the Free Press

Annapolis Film Festival, DC Web Fest and “Going in Style” @filmfesttoday

Yesterday and today, Film Festival Today ran three pieces of mine, on the recent Annapolis Film Festival, the equally recent DC … More

Annapolis Film Festival, DC Web Fest, Film Festival Today, Going in Style

SXSW2017–Part 6 @hammertonail (4 More Reviews and 2 More Interviews)

Continuing my coverage of the 2017 SXSW Film Festival at Hammer to Nail, here are six more pieces: 4 reviews, plus 2 interviews to accompany 2 of … More

Dara Ju, Dealt, Hammer to Nail, Luke Korem, Maineland, Miao Wang, Spettacolo, SXSW, SXSW2017

SXSW2017–Part 5 @hammertonail (2 More Reviews and 2 More Interviews)

Continuing my coverage of the 2017 SXSW Film Festival at Hammer to Nail, here are four more pieces: 2 reviews, with their accompanying 2 interviews. … More

Aaron Katz, Gemini, Hammer to Nail, Jennifer Brea, John Cho, Lola Kirke, SXSW, SXSW2017, Unrest

Film Reviews of “T2 Trainspotting” and “The Zookeeper’s Wife” @filmfesttoday

Film Festival Today ran two reviews of mine on Friday, March 31, 2017. Here are links to both: T2 Trainspotting … More

Film Festival Today, T2 Trainspotting, Trainspotting, Zookeeper's Wife

SXSW2017–Part 4 @hammertonail (3 More Reviews and 2 More Interviews) + SXSW2017 Overview @filmfesttoday

Continuing my coverage of the 2017 SXSW Film Festival at Hammer to Nail, here are five more pieces: 3 reviews (for which one has no … More

Ana Asensio, Film Festival Today, Flesh and Blood, Hammer to Nail, Lysa Heslov, Mark Webber, Most Beautiful Island, Served Like a Girl, SXSW, SXSW2017

SXSW2017–Part 3 @hammertonail (3 More Reviews and 3 More Interviews) + “Wilson” @filmfesttoday

Continuing my coverage of the 2017 SXSW Film Festival at Hammer to Nail, here are six more pieces: 3 reviews and 3 interviews. Still others have already … More

Christina Clusiau, Film Festival Today, Hammer to Nail, Michael O'Shea, Rat Film, Shaul Schwarz, Sung Rae Cho, SXSW, SXSW2017, The Transfiguration, Theo Anthony, Transfiguration, Trophy, Wilson

SXSW2017–Part 2 @hammertonail: 2 More Reviews and 2 More Interviews

Continuing my coverage of the 2017 SXSW Film Festival at Hammer to Nail, here are four more pieces: 2 reviews and 2 interviews. … More

Barbecue, Blood Is at the Doorstep, Dontre Hamilton, Erik Ljung, Hammer to Nail, Matthew Salleh, Rose Tucker, SXSW, SXSW2017

“Beauty and the Beast” @filmfesttoday + “Catfight” and SXSW2017–Part 1 @hammertonail

Now that I am writing consistently for both Hammer to Nail (for the small-budget indie stuff and documentaries) and Film Festival Today … More

Ashleigh Cummings, Beauty and the Beast, Catfight, Film Festival Today, Fits and Starts, Hammer to Nail, Hounds of Love, Laura Terruso, Ovidie, Pornocracy, SXSW, SXSW2017

“Reel Talk” – with Chris Reed and Mike Giuliano – on the Oscars, “Logan” and “Before I Fall”

Welcome to the fourth episode of the 2016-2017 season of Dragon Digital Media‘s Reel Talk with Christopher Llewellyn Reed. My guest this time was Mike … More

Academy Awards, Before I Fall, Dragon Media, Logan, Mike Giuliano, Oscars 2017, Reel Talk

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