Minimalist “It Comes at Night” Showcases Directorial Brilliance Amidst Flawed Script

It Comes at Night (Trey Edward Shults, 2017) There is much to recommend in director Trey Edward Shults’ sophomore effort … More

Reviews “Freedom to Marry” @hammertonail + “Wonder Woman” @filmfesttoday

I ran two reviews last week, one of a great new documentary, The Freedom to Marry, about the fight to legalize … More

Post-Fest Coverage of 2017 @MdFilmFestival @hammertonail (5 Interviews), Part 2 + Reviews of “Risk” and “Spirit Game: Pride of a Nation,” and of “Baywatch” @filmfesttoday

The second part of my coverage of the 2017 Maryland Film Festival, consisting of five interviews with filmmakers, has run over the past … More

3 Posts @filmfestoday: “Alien: Covenant,” @WJFF ‏(DC Jewish Film Fest) and “The Wall”

In the past week, Film Festival Today published two reviews, of Alien: Covenant and The Wall, plus one curtain-raiser about the now currently running 27th … More

Post-Fest Coverage of 2017 @MdFilmFestival @filmfestoday (Overall Impressions) and @hammertonail (4 Reviews), Part 1

The Maryland Film Festival (MdFF), founded in 1999 by Festival Director Jed Dietz, just ran its 2017 iteration May 3-7, … More

“Reel Talk” – with Chris Reed and Linda DeLibero – on “Their Finest,” “The Circle” and “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2”

Welcome to the fifth episode of the 2016-2017 season of Dragon Digital Media‘s Reel Talk with Christopher Llewellyn Reed. My guest this time was Linda DeLibero, Director … More