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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.

“Hardcore Henry” Is a Bloody Mess

Hardcore Henry (Ilya Naishuller, 2015) I saw Hardcore Henry at the recent 2016 SXSW Festival, and my initial reaction to the film has … More

Hardcore Henry, SXSW, SXSW2016

SXSW2016, Part 6: The Penultimate Post (with Still More “Hammer to Nail” Reviews and Interviews, plus “Bmoreart”)

Just when you thought we were done with my reviews and interviews from the 2016 SXSW Festival, I have still more Hammer … More

A Stray, BmoreArt, Claire in Motion, Hammer to Nail, Hired Gun, Jean of the Joneses, Ovarian Psycos, Starving the Beast, SXSW, SXSW2016

If “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” Is a Dreary Slog, At Least We’ve Still Got Dear Old Mom

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (Zack Snyder, 2016) In the end, it all comes down to good old Mom. … More

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

“Baskin,” an Uneven (and Disgusting) Horror Film, Still Offers a Few Welcome Surprises

Baskin (Can Evrenol, 2015) So I may have not yet had a chance to see (the, by all accounts, overwrought … More

Baskin, Can Evrenol

SXSW2016, Part 5: More Pieces on “Hammer to Nail” …

So SXSW might be over for the year, but my reviews and interviews from the 2016 festival still keep coming. Here … More

Claire in Motion, Hammer to Nail, Ovarian Psycos, SXSW, SXSW2016, The Bandit, The Slippers

SXSW2016, Part 4 (Friday, March 18 and beyond)

If you missed it earlier in the week, here is the list of the SXSW2016 Jury Awards. And here are … More

Everybody Wants Some, Hammer to Nail, My Blind Brother, Ovarian Psycos, Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny, SXSW, SXSW2016, Teenage Cocktail

SXSW2016, Part 3 (Wednesday-Thursday, March 16-17)

And so the week at SXSW has continued. Since the last post, I have had only two more pieces published on … More

Don Cheadle, Hammer to Nail, In Pursuit of Silence, Miles Ahead, Patrick Shen, Pee-wee's Big Holiday, SXSW, SXSW2016, The Bandit, The Dwarvenaut

SXSW2016, Part 2 (Monday-Tuesday, March 14-15)

The last two days of the festival have seen me continue with more of the same – movie screenings and … More

Hammer to Nail, Hunter Gatherer, Learning to See: The World of Insects, Operator, SXSW, SXSW2016, The Dwarvenaut, Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru

Welcome to SXSW2016!

It’s that time of year again, as it was in 2014 and 2015, when I took my first and second trips, … More

A Stray, Alive and Kicking, Film & Moving Image, Hardcore Henry, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Jean of the Joneses, Stevenson University, SXSW, SXSW2016, Teenage Cocktail, Trapped

“Reel Talk” – with Chris Reed and Max Weiss – on #Oscars2016, “Hail, Caesar!” and “Deadpool”

Welcome to the fourth episode of the 2015-2016 season of Dragon Digital Media‘s Reel Talk with Christopher Llewellyn Reed . My guest this time was Max Weiss, film … More

Baltimore Magazine, Deadpool, Dragon Media, Hail Caesar, Max Weiss, Oscars, Oscars 2016, oscarssowhite, Reel Talk, Stevenson University, WBAL-TV

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