Today, BmoreArt published my article on the Creative Alliance‘s annual “Best of Baltimore Student Film” showcase, featuring interviews with Film Programmer…
Reviews of “The IF Project,” “The Light Between Oceans” & “Morgan” @filmfesttoday
I am now writing for Film Festival Today, where I hope to see my reviews of more mainstream, wide-release films published…
Criterion’s “Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words” & “Ivan’s Childhood” + “Disorder” & “Morris from America,” all @hammertonail
In the past two weeks, Hammer to Nail published four reviews of mine, of two Criterion Collection Blu-ray releases and two new movies…
“Hands of Stone” Throws a Punch, Takes a Beating
Hands of Stone (Jonathan Jakubowicz, 2016) Venezuelan actor Edgar Ramírez (Carlos) stars as famed Panamanian boxer Roberto Durán in Hands of Stone, a new…
Better Late Than Never, Summer 2016 Edition: “Kubo and the Two Strings,” “Suicide Squad,” “Captain Fantastic,” “The Secret Life of Pets,” “The Legend of Tarzan” and “Zootopia”
Every year, there are films that I miss seeing when they first come out (usually because I am unable to…
Criterion’s “Muriel” + “A Tale of Love and Darkness” + Tracy Droz Tragos x2 at “Hammer to Nail”
In the past two weeks, Hammer to Nail published three reviews of mine – of two movies just released and one brand-new…
“Roughly Speaking” Podcast on Hollywood Epics, “Ben-Hur,” “Hell or High Water” and “War Dogs”
Today, Linda DeLibero – Director, Film and Media Studies, Johns Hopkins University – and Christopher Llewellyn Reed (that’s me) – Chair and Professor, Department…
“Hell or High Water” Is a Brilliant Existential Western Crime Thriller
Hell or High Water (David Mackenzie, 2016) It’s early morning in West Texas. The camera drifts lazily over and through…
“War Dogs” Offers Mostly Great Satire of Our Military/Industrial Complex
War Dogs (Todd Phillips, 2016) Todd Phillips is the man responsible for giving us all three Hangover films. I loved the…
“Ben-Hur” Fails to Champion Its Raison d’Etre
Ben-Hur (Timur Bekmambetov, 2016) American Civil War Hero Lewis Wallace – or General Lew Wallace, as he is most often known –…