Touched with Fire (Paul Dalio, 2015) Is manic depression a prerequisite for artistic genius? That is one of the questions…
Mr. Reed’s Metaphysical Neighborhood on the 2016 Oscar-Nominated Live-Action Shorts
I have a piece up at Hammer to Nail on the 2016 Oscar-nominated documentary shorts. Those 5 films set the bar very…
Mr. Reed’s Metaphysical Neighborhood on the 2016 Oscar-Nominated Animated Shorts
I have a piece up at Hammer to Nail on the 2016 Oscar-nominated documentary shorts. Those 5 films set the bar…
My “Hammer to Nail” Reviews of Criterion “Gilda” Blu-ray and Sundance Festival’s “Pleasure. Love.”
I had two pieces published in Hammer to Nail last week, one a review of the Criterion Collection‘s new Blu-ray release of…
“The Witch” Casts a Strong Spell Until It Breaks It at the End
The Witch (Robert Eggers, 2015) Even having done no research on the film beforehand, watching The Witch I could tell that…
In Self-Congratulatory, Smug and Intellectually Lazy “Where to Invade Next,” It’s Michael Moore Who Needs Saving
Where to Invade Next (Michael Moore, 2015) Where to invade next? Where to start . . . ? Filmmaker Michael…
Jokey Violence and All, the Delightful “Deadpool” Reinvigorates Its Genre
Deadpool (Tim Miller, 2016) As I feel obliged to mention every time I write a review of a new film…
Another “Hammer to Nail” (Festival) Triptych: “Fursonas,” “Rams” and “All These Sleepless Nights”
Over the past two weeks, Hammer to Nail published three reviews of mine for films that played at recent film festivals, one…
“Roughly Speaking” on “Hail, Caesar!” and the Coen Brothers
Today, Linda DeLibero – Director, Film and Media Studies, Johns Hopkins University – and Christopher Llewellyn Reed (that’s me) – Chair and Professor, Department…
In Brilliant “45 Years,” the Past Derails the Present
45 Years (Andrew Haigh, 2015) Pity the poor Tom Courtenay (Quartet). He’s a marvelous actor, yet paired opposite the grand…
