Christopher Llewellyn Reed's Blog, page 39
February 24, 2018
4 Reviews + 1 Interview @filmfesttoday & @hammertonail: “Annihilation,” “Entanglement,” “Game Night” and “MexMan” + “Quest”
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 the director and primary subject of the documentary Quest. Here are links to all 5 pieces: Annihilation review Entanglement review Game Night review MexMan review Quest interview Enjoy!
February 23, 2018
Pre-Oscars 2018 Coverage of All Shorts and All Documentaries @fogoftruth + @hammertonail
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 features) of 2017. Hammer to Nail also ran my review of all 15 Oscar-nominated shorts (animated, documentaries and live-action). Enjoy!
February 17, 2018
5 Reviews @filmfesttoday & @hammertonail: “Black Panther” and “A Fantastic Woman” + the Slamdance/Sundance Films “Ingrid,” “Mr. Fish: Cartooning from the Deep End” and “Sunnyside”
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 Deep End and Sunnyside. Here are links to all 5 pieces: Black Panther review A Fantastic Woman review Ingrid review Mr. Fish: Cartooning from the Deep End review Sunnyside review Enjoy!
February 9, 2018
4 Reviews @filmfesttoday & @hammertonail: “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool” + the Slamdance/Sundance Films “Fish Bones,” “Instant Dreams” + “The Oslo Diaries”
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 Festivals (I did not travel to Park City, Utah, but covered both festivals remotely): Fish Bones, Instant Dreams and The Oslo Diaries. Here are links to … Continue reading 4 Reviews @filmfesttoday & @hammertonail: “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool” + the Slamdance/Sundance Films “Fish Bones,” “Instant Dreams” + “The Oslo Diaries”
February 7, 2018
Another “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 One of Us, and an interview with co-director Leah Warshawski about her documentary Big Sonia, which tells the story of her Holocaust-surviving grandmother. Enjoy!
February 2, 2018
9 Reviews @filmfesttoday & @hammertonail: “Happy End,” “In the Fade” and “The Insult” + six Sundance/Slamdance 2018 Films
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 Film Festivals (I did not travel to Park City, Utah, but covered both festivals remotely). That one non-festival film review was … Continue reading 9 Reviews @filmfesttoday & @hammertonail: “Happy End,” “In the Fade” and “The Insult” + six Sundance/Slamdance 2018 Films
January 31, 2018
Another “Fog of Truth” Episode (#5), on “Long Strange Trip” and “Dare to Be Different”
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 documentary series Long Strange Strip, and an interview with director Ellen Goldfarb about her documentary Dare to Be Different, which tells the story of WLIR, … Continue reading Another “Fog of Truth” Episode (#5), on “Long Strange Trip” and “Dare to Be Different”
January 25, 2018
And in Podcast News … @roughlyspeaking on Oscar Noms and @fogoftruth on “Rat Film” and “The Blood Is at the Doorstep”
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 & Moving Image, Stevenson University – joined Dan Rodricks on his Baltimore Sun podcast, “Roughly Speaking,” to discuss the Oscar nominations announced earlier that day. Here is the link to the show. Enjoy! Then, the … Continue reading And in Podcast News … @roughlyspeaking on Oscar Noms and @fogoftruth on “Rat Film” and “The Blood Is at the Doorstep”
And in Podcast News … @roughlyspeaking On Oscar Noms and @fogoftruth on “Rat Film” and “The Blood Is at the Doorstep”
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 & Moving Image, Stevenson University – joined Dan Rodricks on his Baltimore Sun podcast, “Roughly Speaking,” to discuss the Oscar nominations announced earlier that day. Here is the link to the show. Enjoy! Then, the … Continue reading And in Podcast News … @roughlyspeaking On Oscar Noms and @fogoftruth on “Rat Film” and “The Blood Is at the Doorstep”
January 19, 2018
“Reel Talk” – with Chris Reed and Leslie Combemale – on “The Post,” “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” and the Best Films of 2017
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 reviewed two recent films – The Post and Star Wars: The Last Jedi – and compared our respective 2017 “best of” lists (here’s mine). If you want to watch the first … Continue reading “Reel Talk” – with Chris Reed and Leslie Combemale – on “The Post,” “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” and the Best Films of 2017
