Calvary (John Michael McDonagh, 2014) “Do not despair; one of the thieves was saved. Do not presume; one of the thieves was damned.” … 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.
“Magic in the Moonlight” Offers Charm Without Substance
Magic in the Moonlight (Woody Allen, 2014) Woody Allen’s new film is as delicious and amusing a confection of cinematic delights as any he … More
“Get on Up” Never Quite Stands Tall
Get on Up (Tate Taylor, 2014) With a terrific central performance by Chadwick Boseman (42), Get on Up has what it needs … More
Affably Silly “Guardians of the Galaxy” Is a True Summer Pleasure
Guardians of the Galaxy (James Gunn, 2014) Until I first saw a trailer for this new superhero fantasy from Marvel … More
Learning to Be a Man in Linklater’s Powerful “Boyhood”
Boyhood (Richard Linklater, 2014) The story of how Richard Linklater (Dazed and Confused, Before Sunrise, etc.) made his new film, Boyhood, is … More
Why I Don’t Love “Lucy”
Lucy (Luc Besson, 2014) If Stanley Kubrick‘s least original pupil married John Woo‘s most scattered (yet devoted!) disciple, had a child together … More
If You Let It, “Venus in Fur” Will Dominate Your Senses
Venus in Fur (Roman Polanski, 2013) Whether or not one finds Roman Polanski a great artist, a problematic human being, … More
Midday on Film, 7/25 @ 1pm: Hits, Misses, Sleepers & Indies – The Narrative of Summer 2014
[NOTE: If you missed the show, check out the podcast] It’s that time of year again, when we review the … More
Roger Ebert Embodies “Life Itself” in All Its Glory
Life Itself (Steve James, 2014) Documentary director Steve James (Hoop Dreams, The Interrupters) began filming Roger Ebert five months before he … More
In “Sex Tape,” Diaz and Segel Avoid Complete Disaster, So There’s That . . .
Sex Tape (Jake Kasdan, 2014) Wow! There is not a single “top critic” on the film review aggregator site Rotten … More
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