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.

SXSW 2024 Coverage at @filmfesttoday

The 2024 SXSW Film Festival ran March 8-16, and I was on the ground for about half that time. For … More

Over the last two weeks, I ran three reviews (one of which was on all 15 Oscar-nominated short films) and … More

Over the past three weeks, Film Festival Today ran 4 reviews of mine: Argylle Drive-Away Dolls The Monk and the … More

The 2024 Sundance Film Festival ran January 18-28, with both in-person and virtual elements (I once again attended virtually). At … More

The 2024 Sundance Film Festival ran January 18-28, with both in-person and virtual elements (once again, I attended virtually only). At … More

It’s that time of year again, when I add on to the “best of” lists I have already published at Film Festival … More

In addition to my coverage of various film festival over the past month, Hammer to Nail also ran 7 reviews … More

In the past month, Film Festival Today ran 6 reviews of mine: The Boys in the Boat Chicken Run: Dawn … More

DOC NYC 2023 ran in person from November 8-16 and online from November 8-26. I was on the ground during … More

This year’s Middleburg Film Festival ran October 19-22. Here is my coverage for Hammer to Nail: Anatomy of a Fall … More