The Maryland Film Festival (MdFF), founded in 1999 by Festival Director Jed Dietz, just ran its 2017 iteration May 3-7, … More
Category: movie reviews
“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
3 @TribecaFilm Festival Reviews + “Below Her Mouth” @hammertonail
Over the past few weeks, I have covered three films (remotely) that played at the recent 2017 Tribeca Film Festival – … More
Less Would Be More: “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” Overdoes Its Shtick, Though Still Entertains
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (James Gunn, 2017) I loved the original Guardians of the Galaxy. When it came out, … More
The 2017 Maryland Film Festival Is Here, in Brand New Digs!
If it’s early May in Baltimore, it must be time for the Maryland Film Festival again. This year, the festival … More
Review of “Below Her Mouth” & Interview with Michał Marczak (“All These Sleepless Nights) @hammertonail + Review of “Graduation” @filmfesttoday
Two more pieces of mine ran recently on Hammer to Nail: a review of the erotic lesbian drama Below Her Mouth … More
SXSW2017–Part 8 @hammertonail (5 More Reviews + 1 More Interview)
Finishing up my coverage of the 2017 SXSW Film Festival at Hammer to Nail (minus one interview, which HtN will run when the film premieres … More
“Roughly Speaking” from April 28, 2017: Rodricks, Reed, Frankel and DeLibero on “High Noon”
On Friday, April 28, 2017, Linda DeLibero – Director, Film and Media Studies, Johns Hopkins University – and Christopher Llewellyn Reed (that’s … More
2 more @annapolisff Reviews @hammertonail + Review of “Their Finest” @filmfesttoday
Hammer to Nail finished running my coverage from the recent Annapolis Film Festival last week with two final reviews: of AWOL and The Last Laugh. In addition, … More
“Free Fire” Offers a Delightful Bloodbath for Sociopaths
Free Fire (Ben Wheatley, 2017) A sublimely trippy action movie (of sorts, given that it mostly takes place in one location), … More
