The Birth of a Nation (Nate Parker, 2016) A fiery mix of Haile Gerima’s 1993 cinematic bloodbath Sankofa, which profiles a West…
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…
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…
“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…
“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…
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…
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…
In “Snowden,” Oliver Stone Returns to Form to Warn Us of the Great Danger of Our Time
Snowden (Oliver Stone, 2016) Despite a prolific filmmaking career that began in the 1970s, picked up in the 1980s and then…
“Reel Talk” – with Chris Reed and Hannah Buchdahl – on Films of Summer 2016, “Morris from America,” “A Tale of Love and Darkness” and “The Light Between Oceans”
Welcome to the first episode of the 2016-2017 season of Dragon Digital Media‘s Reel Talk with Christopher Llewellyn Reed. My guest this time was Hannah…
Reviews of “Sully” on Dan Rodricks’ “Roughly Speaking Podcast” and on “Film Festival Today”
Two reviews of Clint Eastwood’s recent Sully for you, the one on Dan Rodricks’ Roughly Speaking podcast for The Baltimore Sun, and the other on Film Festival…
