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.

My “Hammer to Nail” Reviews of Criterion “Gilda” Blu-ray and Sundance Festival’s “Pleasure. Love.”

I had two pieces published in Hammer to Nail last week, one a review of the Criterion Collection‘s new Blu-ray release of … More

“The Witch” Casts a Strong Spell Until It Breaks It at the End

The Witch (Robert Eggers, 2015) Even having done no research on the film beforehand, watching The Witch I could tell that … More

In Self-Congratulatory, Smug and Intellectually Lazy “Where to Invade Next,” It’s Michael Moore Who Needs Saving

Where to Invade Next (Michael Moore, 2015) Where to invade next? Where to start . . . ? Filmmaker Michael … More

Jokey Violence and All, the Delightful “Deadpool” Reinvigorates Its Genre

Deadpool (Tim Miller, 2016) As I feel obliged to mention every time I write a review of a new film … More

Another “Hammer to Nail” (Festival) Triptych: “Fursonas,” “Rams” and “All These Sleepless Nights”

Over the past two weeks, Hammer to Nail published three reviews of mine for films that played at recent film festivals, one … More

“Roughly Speaking” on “Hail, Caesar!” and the Coen Brothers

Today, Linda DeLibero – Director, Film and Media Studies, Johns Hopkins University – and Christopher Llewellyn Reed (that’s me) – Chair and Professor, Department … More