Dheepan (Jacques Audiard, 2015) Dheepan is a man out of place and out of time, adrift in a world not…
“Central Intelligence” Is Smart About Its Dumb Comedy
Central Intelligence (Rawson Marshall Thurber, 2016) Dwayne Johnson – the former pro wrestler once known as “The Rock” – has,…
Swimming Pays Off: “Finding Dory” Is a Worthy Sequel, If Not As Perfect As Its Predecessor
Finding Dory (Angus MacLane/Andrew Stanton, 2016) Last year, Pixar gave us two new films, both original scripts: Inside Out and The…
In “The Conjuring 2,” the Power of Christ Doesn’t Quite Compel Us
The Conjuring 2 (James Wan, 2016) Three years ago, Australian director James Wan (Saw) served up The Conjuring, a somewhat tasty – if…
Dan Rodricks’ Roughly Speaking Podcast on the Films of Spring and Summer 2016
Today, Linda DeLibero – Director, Film and Media Studies, Johns Hopkins University – and Christopher Llewellyn Reed (that’s me) – Chair and Professor, Department…
Interview with Local Filmmaker Dina Fiasconaro on Bmoreart
Earlier this week, my interview with local filmmaker (and my Stevenson colleague) Dina Fiasconaro, about her movie Moms & Meds, go…
4 Film Reviews on Hammer to Nail: “Holy Hell,” “The Ones Below,” “The Other Side” and “Weiner”
Over the past two weeks, on top of my remaining coverage of the 2106 Maryland Film Festival, I have written…
Post-2016 Maryland Film Festival Coverage, Part 3 (of 3), for Hammer to Nail
My final two pieces from the recent 2016 Maryland Film Festival went up on Hammer to Nail this week. Interview with co-directors Livia Ungur &…
“Me Before You” – Better Luck Next Cry
Me Before You (Thea Sharrock, 2016) Thirtysomething Will Traynor has everything going for him: he’s handsome, athletic, insanely rich and…
Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Lobster” Offers an Intriguing Parable on Love and Dating
The Lobster (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2015) The Lobster is Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos’s fifth theatrical feature. Prior to this, perhaps his…
chrisreedfilm 