Since my second post about the recent AFI DOCS festival, Hammer to Nail has published three more pieces of mine from the fest: 1 review, 1 interview and the … 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.
Who You Gonna Call? Sadly, Not These “Ghostbusters”
Ghostbusters (Paul Feig, 2016) I wish I could report that the new Ghostbusters – a reimagining of the beloved 1984 original, … More
In “The Infiltrator,” Competence Is Its Own Reward
The Infiltrator (Brad Furman, 2016) Following his delightful 2011 thriller The Lincoln Lawyer – which helped launch the Matthew McConaissance – director Brad Furman decidedly … More
And Now … 6 Nails for One Hammer: Films at AFI DOCS (Part 2) + “The Witness”
Since my last post about the recent AFI DOCS festival, Hammer to Nail has published five more pieces of mine from the fest … More
“Reel Talk” – with Chris Reed and Chris Kaltenbach – on “Finding Dory,” “The BFG” and “The Neon Demon”
Welcome to the sixth (and final) episode of the 2015-2016 season of Dragon Digital Media‘s Reel Talk with Christopher Llewellyn Reed . My guest this time was … More
An Interview with Noted Baltimore-Based Documentarian Ramona Diaz
Check out my latest filmmaker interview on Bmoreart, with the great documentary filmmaker Ramona Diaz, who just happens to live in … More
The DI (Dull Inertia) of “The BFG”
The BFG (Steven Spielberg, 2016) Director Steven Spielberg has long been a purveyor of magical fantasies for the silver screen, … More
7 Nails for One Hammer: Films at AFI DOCS (Part 1) + “Misconception” and Criterion’s Blu-Ray of “Clouds of Sils Maria”
Over the past two weeks, Hammer to Nail published five reviews I wrote about films at the recent AFI DOCS … More
“The Neon Demon” is Beautiful, Bloody and Utterly Vacuous
The Neon Demon (Nicolas Winding Refn, 2016) O beauty! O torpor! O glory! O pain! Has the world ever seen … More
From Hammer to Nail: “As I AM: the Life and Time$ of DJ AM,” “Land and Shade,” “Off the Rails” and “Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made”
Over the past two weeks, I once more wrote reviews for 4 films currently out in some kind of distribution, all published … More
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