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.

A Rousing “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” (Mostly) Shakes Off the Prequel Snooze

Star Wars: The Force Awakens (J.J. Abrams, 2015) Approximately halfway through the new Star Wars, when Han Solo and Princess – now … More

“Macbeth” Creeps in Its Pretty Face

Macbeth (Justin Kurzel, 2015) If Mel Gibson (director/star of Braveheart) and Nicolas Winding Refn (director, Drive) met, bonded over mutual admiration of Shakespeare … More

“Chi-Raq” Is a Raison d’Être in Search of a Movie

Chi-Raq (Spike Lee, 2015) It has now been a week since I saw the latest film by Spike Lee, and … More

My review of Kris Swanberg’s “Unexpected” on “Hammer to Nail”

I only had time to write one piece for Hammer to Nail this week, on Kris Swanberg’s Unexpected. Check it out!

“In the Heart of the Sea” Needs More Whale, Less Melville

In the Heart of the Sea (Ron Howard, 2015) In 1819, the Essex, a whaling ship out of Nantucket (then … More

“Roughly Speaking” on “Creed,” “Spotlight,” Upcoming Films, Ingrid Bergman, Orson Welles and Jeff Bridges

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