7 Reviews @hammertonail: “Big Sonia,”“Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr...
Last week, Hammer to Nail published seven reviews of mine: Big Sonia, Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story, Creep 2 (the only fiction film among this batch), Island Soldier (seen at DOC NYC), Kedi (also...
View Article“Call Me by Your Name” Moves, Even As It Disturbs
Call Me by Your Name (Luca Guadagnino, 2017) Based on the 2007 book of the same title – by author André Aciman (who plays a small role in its adaptation) – Call Me by Your Name tells the story of a...
View Article“All the Money in the World” Delivers Decreasing Returns
All the Money in the World (Ridley Scott, 2017) In case you missed it, there was some drama on the set of All the Money in the World within the last two months. Or, rather, to be more precise, director...
View Article5 Reviews + 1 Interview @filmfesttoday & @hammertonail: “Downsizing,”“The...
Over the past week, both Film Festival Today and Hammer to Nail published five reviews of mine, plus one interview: Downsizing, The Greatest Showman, The Other Side of Hope, The Post, Soufra (seen at...
View Article1 Interview + 1 Review @hammertonail: Greta Gerwig (“Lady Bird”) &“Miracle on...
Hammer to Nail ran two pieces of mine this week: an interview with Greta Gerwig, conducted back at the Middleburg Film Festival, in October, in the company of Mae Abdulbaki (of Movies with Mae), Hannah...
View ArticleMr. Reed’s Metaphysical Neighborhood Presents the Best and Worst Films of 2017
[For an explanation of my blog post title, check out my “best of” list from 2013.] Below you will find lists of my favorite films of the year, divided by documentary (nonfiction) and narrative...
View ArticleMr. Reed’s Metaphysical Neighborhood Presents the Best Film Acting of 2017
On December 31, 2017, I published my list of best (and worst) films of the year, and most actors in most of the narrative (fiction) films on my list turned in admirable performances, at the very least,...
View ArticleMr. Reed’s Metaphysical Neighborhood Presents the Best Technical and Artistic...
On December 31, 2017, I published my list of best (and worst) films of the year, and then on Friday, January 5, 2018, my list of best actors. Now it’s time to post about the (often) unsung artists and...
View Article4 Reviews @filmfesttoday & @hammertonail: “Big Time,”“Faces Places,”“I,...
Just last week, Hammer to Nail ran three reviews of mine – Big Time (seen at DOC NYC), Faces Places and Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (also seen at DOC NYC) – and Film Festival Today ran...
View ArticleWelcome to “The Fog of Truth,” a Podcast on Documentaries
I just started a new podcast with two other people, Summre Garber and Bart Weiss (read our biographies for more info), entitled The Fog of Truth, devoted to documentary films. Our first episode went...
View Article5 Reviews @filmfesttoday & @hammertonail: “The Final Year,”“Jane,”“Kangaroo:...
In the past week, Film Festival Today ran one review of mine – Phantom Thread – and Hammer to Nail ran four: The Final Year, Jane, Kangaroo: A Love-Hate Story and Criterion’s new Blu-ray of Alfred...
View Article“Reel Talk”– with Chris Reed and Leslie Combemale – on “The Post,”“Star Wars:...
Welcome to the second episode of the 2017-2018 season of Dragon Digital Media‘s Reel Talk with Christopher Llewellyn Reed. My guest this time was Leslie Combemale, film critic at Cinema Siren. We...
View ArticleAnd in Podcast News … @roughlyspeaking on Oscar Noms and @fogoftruth on “Rat...
On Tuesday, January 23, 2018, Linda DeLibero – Director, Film and Media Studies, Johns Hopkins University – and Christopher Llewellyn Reed (that’s me) – Chair and Professor, Department of Film &...
View ArticleAnother “Fog of Truth” Episode (#5), on “Long Strange Trip” and “Dare to Be...
We posted another episode (#5) of my podcast on documentaries – The Fog of Truth (available on iTunes, Soundcloud and Stitcher) – today. This latest features a discussion of the six-part Grateful Dead...
View Article9 Reviews @filmfesttoday & @hammertonail: “Happy End,”“In the Fade” and “The...
Over the past two weeks, Film Festival Today ran two reviews of mine – of In the Fade and The Insult – and Hammer to Nail ran seven, of which all but one were from this year’s Slamdance and Sundance...
View ArticleAnother “Fog of Truth” Episode (#6), on “One of Us” and “Big Sonia”
We posted another episode (#6) of my podcast on documentaries – The Fog of Truth (available on iTunes, Soundcloud and Stitcher) – today. This latest features a discussion of the Netflix documentary...
View Article4 Reviews @filmfesttoday & @hammertonail: “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool”...
Over the past week, Film Festival Today ran one review of mine – of Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool – and Hammer to Nail ran three, all of which were from this year’s Slamdance and Sundance Film...
View Article5 Reviews @filmfesttoday & @hammertonail: “Black Panther” and “A Fantastic...
This past week, Film Festival Today ran one review of mine – of Black Panther– and Hammer to Nail ran four, of A Fantastic Woman and three more Slamdance films: Ingrid, Mr. Fish: Cartooning from the...
View ArticlePre-Oscars 2018 Coverage of All Shorts and All Documentaries @fogoftruth +...
We posted a special bonus episode of my podcast on documentaries – The Fog of Truth (available on iTunes, Soundcloud and Stitcher) – this past week, on the Oscar-nominated documentaries (shorts and...
View Article4 Reviews + 1 Interview @filmfesttoday & @hammertonail:...
This past week, Film Festival Today ran two reviews of mine – of Annihilation and Game Night – and Hammer to Nail ran two, of Entanglement and one last Slamdance film, MexMan, plus an interview with...
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