I am currently in attendance at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Festival – which encompasses Film, Interactive Technologies and Music – in … 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.
300: Rise of a Body Count
300: Rise of an Empire (Noam Murro, 2014) I gave up video games in college, because they were like crack … More
2014: A Kubrick Odyssey
[For those of you who missed the show, here is a link to the podcast: http://wypr.org/post/midday-film-0] It has been 15 years … More
Red Carpet Radio 2014: Midday on the Oscars
[For those of you who missed the show, here is a link to the podcast: http://wypr.org/post/midday-film] Join Host Dan Rodricks and … More
“00-Cinema: 50 Years of James Bond Films” @ PechaKucha Baltimore Vol. 2
Last night, I spoke at PechaKucha Baltimore, where one has to make a presentation using 20 slides, each of which is … More
“Gloria” Bares All
Gloria (Sebastián Lelio, 2013) In the astonishing and powerful new film by Chilean director Sebastián Lelio, the luminous Paulina García – … More
“Robocop” Proves That More Is Less
Robocop (José Padilha, 2014) Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 Robocop was a masterful blend of violent action thriller and social satire. The film slyly … More
“The Monuments Men,” or George Clooney’s very own “Ocean’s 7-Eleven”
The Monuments Men (George Clooney, 2014) The Monuments Men, the story of 7 middle-aged academics who enlist in the Allied-Forces … More
2013 Movie Mishmash – Short Blurbs on 8 Films I Never Reviewed
Hey, folks – it’s a big deal that I present these 8 reviews NOT in alphabetical order (or any order, for … More
February 7 @ 1pm! Midday on Cinematic Adaptation
[UPDATE: Missed the show? Please listen to the podcast!] On Friday, February 7, Linda DeLibero (Director, Film and Media Studies, Johns Hopkins … More
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