Starting this month, I am now the host of a local television film review program, entitled Reel Talk with Christopher … 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.
“Drop” in on “A Five Star Life” for Some Mild Cinematic Pleasures
A Five Star Life (Maria Sole Tognazzi, 2013) Up in the Air meets I Am Love, but with a nice feminist twist where the female protagonist doesn’t … More
Take a Fun “Trip to Italy”
In 2010, director Michael Winterbottom (24 Hour Party People) released The Trip, which was compiled from 6 episodes of a BBC television … More
In “Frank,” Fassbender Gets a Big Head and Half a Great Script
Frank (Lenny Abrahamson, 2014) Michael Fassbender (seen earlier this summer in X-Men: Days of Future Past), as the title character of … More
9/5/14: Happy Birthday, Mr. Herzog! Midday on Film Celebrates the Madness and Genius of Bavaria’s Favorite Cinematic Son
[NOTE: If you missed the show, you can still listen to the podcast.] Born in 1942 in Munich, Werner Herzog … More
“The November Man” is Perfect for Late August (Which Means It’s Not That Great)
The November Man (Roger Donaldson, 2014) The last two weeks have seen the usual weak roster of films that studios … More
O, the Ecstasy of Tragedy! “If I Stay” Delivers Melodrama and Not Much Else
If I Stay (R.J. Cutler, 2014) What a week! The two films screened for press were this and When the Game … More
“When the Game Stands Tall”: Drop Kick Me Jesus Through the Clichés of Corn
When the Game Stands Tall (Thomas Carter, 2014) “Inspired by the extraordinary true story” (as the poster reminds us) of … More
In Memoriam: Goodbye Lauren Bacall and Robin Williams
This week, we lost two great stars, each representative of very different eras. I add my brief two cents to … More
“Calvary” Stumbles on the Way to Crucifixion
Calvary (John Michael McDonagh, 2014) “Do not despair; one of the thieves was saved. Do not presume; one of the thieves was damned.” … More
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