[Note: This review also appeared on Film Festival Today at this link.] The Accountant (Gavin O’Connor, 2016) In The Accountant, the new action-thriller from director … More
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“Roughly Speaking” Podcast on “Birth of a Nation” and “The Girl on the Train”
Today, Linda DeLibero – Director, Film and Media Studies, Johns Hopkins University – and Christopher Llewellyn Reed (that’s me) – Chair and Professor, Department … More
“The Girl on the Train” Misses Its Destination
[Note: This review also appeared on Film Festival Today at this link.] The Girl on the Train (Tate Taylor, 2016) To how … More
Uneven, Yet Rousing, “The Birth of a Nation” Offers Narrative Agency to Nat Turner and Company
The Birth of a Nation (Nate Parker, 2016) A fiery mix of Haile Gerima’s 1993 cinematic bloodbath Sankofa, which profiles a West … More
3 New Pieces: @filmfesttoday on Tribeca Film Institute + @hammertonail on “Audrie & Daisy” (interview) & “Cameraperson” (review)
I had three new pieces published this week on two of the sites for which I write, Film Festival Today and Hammer … More
In “Goat,” Bucks Misbehave
[Note: This review also appeared on Film Festival Today at this link.] Goat (Andrew Neel, 2016) Based on Brad Land’s 2004 memoir … More
“Queen of Katwe” Offers Inspiration, In Spite of Formula
Queen of Katwe (Mira Nair, 2016) From Indian-American director Mira Nair (The Namesake) comes this sweet , if also saccharine, tale … More
“The Magnificent Seven” Falls Short of Its Titular Aspirations, Yet Gets the Job Done
[Note: This review also appeared on Film Festival Today at this link.] The Magnificent Seven (Antoine Fuqua, 2016) Acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Akira … More
Reviews of “Diverge,” “Miss Stevens” and “Silicon Cowboys” + Interview with Kathlyn Horan of “The If Project” @hammertonail
In the past two weeks, Hammer to Nail published three reviews of mine, plus one interview (with director Kathlyn Horan, of The If Project). Here are … More
Something Wicked This Way Comes … Sort of: The Comme-Ci/Comme-Ça Appeal of “Blair Witch”
[Note: This review also appeared on Film Festival Today at this link.] Blair Witch (Adam Wingard, 2016) Neither particularly exceptional nor exceptionally … More
