About chrisreedfilm
Christopher Llewellyn Reed is a film critic, filmmaker, and educator. A member of the Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) and a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic, he is Associate Editor and film critic at filmfestivaltoday.com; lead film critic at hammertonail.com, an online magazine devoted to independent cinema; the host of Dragon Digital Media’s award-winning "Reel Talk with Christopher Llewellyn Reed"; a film commentator for the "Roughly Speaking” podcast with Dan Rodricks at "The Baltimore Sun"; and the author of "Film Editing: Theory and Practice." In addition, he is one of three co-creators, along with Summre Garber of Slamdance and Bart Weiss of Dallas VideoFest, of "The Fog of Truth" (fogoftruth.com) – available on iTunes, SoundCloud and Stitcher – a podcast devoted to documentary cinema.
Posted on August 23, 2019
Written by: Christopher Llewellyn Reed, Associate Editor
Cold Case Hammarskjöld (Mads Brügger, 2019) 4 out of 4 stars. Dag Hammarskjöld (1905-1961) was the second Secretary-General of the United Nations, serving from 1953 until his death in a plane crash in Africa. An idealistic and militant soul, the … Continue reading →
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Tagged Africa, chrisreedfilm, Christopher Llewellyn Reed, Cold Case Hammarskjöld, Dag Hammarskjöld, documentary, genocide, Göran Björkdahl, Mads Brügger, racism, united nations, white supremacy, Zambia
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Posted on August 22, 2019
Written by: Christopher Llewellyn Reed, Associate Editor
Aquarela (Viktor Kossakovsky, 2018) 2½ out of 4 stars. A frequently beautiful meditation on water in all its forms (ice, snow and pure liquid), the new documentary Aquarela achieves its most spectacular narrative effects when placing people at its center. Unfortunately, … Continue reading →
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Tagged 96fps, Angel Falls, Apocalyptica, Aquarela, chrisreedfilm, Christopher Llewellyn Reed, documentary, Eicca Toppinen, Greenland, high-frame rate, ice, Koyaanisqatsi, Lake Baikal, Viktor Kossakovsky, water
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Posted on August 20, 2019
Written by: Christopher Llewellyn Reed, Associate Editor
I watched directors Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert’s powerful new documentary American Factory at the 2019 Maryland Film Festival(after which I reviewed the film at Hammer to Nail) and though I couldn’t interview them there or at AFI DOCS, where … Continue reading →
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Tagged American Factory, chrisreedfilm, Christopher Llewellyn Reed, documentary, Erick Stoll, Fuyao, Fuyao Glass America, General Motors, interview, Jeff Reichert, Julia Reichert, Lindsay Utz, Netflix, Steven Bognar, The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant, UAW, unions, United Auto Workers
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Posted on August 18, 2019
Written by: Christopher Llewellyn Reed, Associate Editor
I met with director Alyssa Bolsey and her cinematographer, Camilo Lara, at DOC NYC 2018 to discuss their collaboration on Beyond the Bolex (which I reviewed for Hammer to Nail). The documentary follows Bolsey as she investigates the life and … Continue reading →
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Tagged Alyssa Bolsey, Beyond the Bolex, biography, biopic, Bolex, Camilo Lara, chrisreedfilm, Christopher Llewellyn Reed, DOC NYC, documentary, filmmaking, history, interview, Jacques Bolsey
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Posted on August 16, 2019
Written by: Christopher Llewellyn Reed, Associate Editor
Luce (Julius Onah, 2019) 3½ out of 4 stars. In Luce, director Julius Onah makes up for having afflicted The Cloverfield Paradox on us by delivering a gripping, thought-provoking cinematic essay on race, gender, colonialism, class, power and privilege (white … Continue reading →
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Tagged chrisreedfilm, Christopher Llewellyn Reed, Cloverfield Paradox, J.C. Lee, Julius Onah, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Luce, naomi watts, Neon, Obama, Octavia Spencer, race, Tim Roth
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Posted on August 15, 2019
Written by: Christopher Llewellyn Reed, Associate Editor
Where’d You Go, Bernadette (Richard Linklater, 2019) 1½ out of 4 stars. I am such a diehard fan of actress Cate Blanchett (Carol) that I would watch her in just about anything, including a film about paint drying. I also … Continue reading →
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Tagged billy crudup, cate blanchett, chrisreedfilm, Christopher Llewellyn Reed, Emma Nelson, Kristen Wiig, Maria Semple, Richard Linklater, Where’d You Go Bernadette
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Posted on August 15, 2019
Written by: Christopher Llewellyn Reed, Associate Editor
What You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire? (Roberto Minervini, 2018) 3 out of 4 stars. Italian director Roberto Minervini has, since moving to Texas in 2007, been on a mission to tell elliptical, nuanced stories about both the … Continue reading →
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Tagged Black Panthers, chrisreedfilm, Christopher Llewellyn Reed, cinéma vérité, documentary, Flaming Arrows, Mardi Gras, Roberto Minervini, Texas Trilogy, The New Black Panther Party for Self Defense, The Other Side, What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire?
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Posted on August 14, 2019
Written by: Christopher Llewellyn Reed, Associate Editor
I met with director Grant Sputore at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival to discuss his debut feature I Am Mother (now playing on Netflix, and which I reviewed for Hammer to Nail). I also took part, on the same day, in … Continue reading →
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Tagged 2001: A Space Odyssey, Alien, apocalypse, Australia, Baby Mine, chrisreedfilm, Christopher Llewellyn Reed, Clara Rugaard, Grant Sputore, Hal, Hammer to Nail, Hilary Swank, I Am Mother, interview, Johnny Carson, Mary Bee Cuddy, Michael Lloyd Green, Netflix, post-apocalyptic, The Homesman, The Tonight Show, trolley problem
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Posted on August 14, 2019
Written by: Christopher Llewellyn Reed, Associate Editor
Hillbilly (Sally Rubin/Ashley York, 2018) 3½ out of 4 stars. What is a hillbilly? Who better to ask than the folks in question, and who better to ask the question than a hillbilly, herself? Filmmaker Ashley York (Tig), born and raised … Continue reading →
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Tagged Affrilachian Poets, Amythyst Kiah, Appalachia, Ashley York, bell hooks, Billy Redden, chrisreedfilm, Christopher Llewellyn Reed, Deliverance, Donald Trump, Frank X Walker, Hillbilly, Kentucky, othering, Pike County, Ronny Cox, Sally Rubin, Silas House
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Posted on August 9, 2019
Written by: Christopher Llewellyn Reed, Associate Editor
Dora and the Lost City of Gold (James Bobin, 2019) 3½ out of 4 stars. I came to this movie cold, without any experience with its source material, the popular animated Nickelodeon series Dora the Explorer. That show, which began airing … Continue reading →
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Tagged chrisreedfilm, Christopher Llewellyn Reed, Dora and the Lost City of Gold, Dora the Explorer, Eugenio Derbez, Eva Longoria, Indiana Jones, Isabela Moner, James Bobin, Jeff Wahlberg, Madeleine Madden, Michael Peña, Nicholas Coombe, Nickelodeon, The Goonies
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