Since my second post about the recent AFI DOCS festival, Hammer to Nail has published three more pieces of mine from the fest: 1 review, 1 interview and the…
Who You Gonna Call? Sadly, Not These “Ghostbusters”
Ghostbusters (Paul Feig, 2016) I wish I could report that the new Ghostbusters – a reimagining of the beloved 1984 original,…
In “The Infiltrator,” Competence Is Its Own Reward
The Infiltrator (Brad Furman, 2016) Following his delightful 2011 thriller The Lincoln Lawyer – which helped launch the Matthew McConaissance – director Brad Furman decidedly…
And Now … 6 Nails for One Hammer: Films at AFI DOCS (Part 2) + “The Witness”
Since my last post about the recent AFI DOCS festival, Hammer to Nail has published five more pieces of mine from the fest…
“Reel Talk” – with Chris Reed and Chris Kaltenbach – on “Finding Dory,” “The BFG” and “The Neon Demon”
Welcome to the sixth (and final) episode of the 2015-2016 season of Dragon Digital Media‘s Reel Talk with Christopher Llewellyn Reed . My guest this time was…
An Interview with Noted Baltimore-Based Documentarian Ramona Diaz
Check out my latest filmmaker interview on Bmoreart, with the great documentary filmmaker Ramona Diaz, who just happens to live in…
The DI (Dull Inertia) of “The BFG”
The BFG (Steven Spielberg, 2016) Director Steven Spielberg has long been a purveyor of magical fantasies for the silver screen,…
7 Nails for One Hammer: Films at AFI DOCS (Part 1) + “Misconception” and Criterion’s Blu-Ray of “Clouds of Sils Maria”
Over the past two weeks, Hammer to Nail published five reviews I wrote about films at the recent AFI DOCS…
“The Neon Demon” is Beautiful, Bloody and Utterly Vacuous
The Neon Demon (Nicolas Winding Refn, 2016) O beauty! O torpor! O glory! O pain! Has the world ever seen…
From Hammer to Nail: “As I AM: the Life and Time$ of DJ AM,” “Land and Shade,” “Off the Rails” and “Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made”
Over the past two weeks, I once more wrote reviews for 4 films currently out in some kind of distribution, all published…
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