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5 Reviews for Last Week: “Dayveon,” “Dheepan,” “Dolores” and “Strong Island” @hammertonail + “Mother!” @filmfesttoday

Last week, I had the following reviews posted: Dayveon, Dheepan (Criterion Blu-ray), Dolores and Strong Island, at Hammer to Nail; and Mother! at Film Festival Today: Dayveon review Dheepan Criterion Blu-ray review Dolores review Mother! review Strong Island review Enjoy!  

3 Reviews for This Week: “Patti Cake$” @hammertonail + “Crown Heights” & “It” @filmfesttoday

This week, I have the following reviews: Patti Cake$ at Hammer to Nail; and Crown Heights and It at Film Festival Today: Crown Heights review It review Patti Cake$ review Enjoy!

1 Interview + 3 Reviews from Last Week: Janicza Bravo @hammertonail + “Good Time,” “Wind River” & “Leap!” @filmfesttoday

In the last week, I have written – and had posted – the following pieces: an interview with director Janicza Bravo (Lemon) at Hammer to Nail; reviews of Good Time, Wind River and Leap! at Film Festival Today. Here are links to all four articles: Janicza Bravo interview Good Time review Wind River review Leap! review Enjoy!

2 Reviews from Last Week: “Ingrid Goes West” @hammertonail + “The Glass Castle” @filmfesttoday

For this Friday, I have nothing new to review (though I am working on a review of Good Time (for Film Festival Today), which has already opened in New York and Los Angeles and opens in Baltimore on August 25. For now, then, here are two reviews I ran last week: Ingrid Goes West (at Hammer to Nail) and The … Continue reading 2 Reviews from Last Week: “Ingrid Goes West” @hammertonail + “The Glass Castle” @filmfesttoday

4 Reviews of 4 Recent Films of (Uneven) Interest: “Detroit,” “Girls Trip,” “Landline” and “The Little Hours”

Here are brief capsule write-ups for four recent films that I did not review for their respective opening weekends. Detroit (Kathryn Bigelow, 2017) Director Kathryn Bigelow (Point Break, The Hurt Locker) has always been something of an adrenaline junkie, so it should surprise no one that even in her ostensibly more serious fare she cannot avoid the temptation … Continue reading 4 Reviews of 4 Recent Films of (Uneven) Interest: “Detroit,” “Girls Trip,” “Landline” and “The Little Hours”

Interview with “STEP” director Amanda Lipitz at “BmoreArt”

My interview with Amanda Lipitz, director of the inspirational new documentary STEP, ran yesterday at BmoreArt. Check it out at this link.

@BaltimoreSun’s @RoughlySpeaking Podcast on the 50th Anniversary of Notable Films of 1967

On Friday, August 4, 2017,  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 notable films of 1967, with special emphasis on 5 of them (all of which won some … Continue reading @BaltimoreSun’s @RoughlySpeaking Podcast on the 50th Anniversary of Notable Films of 1967

2 Reviews + 2 Interviews – for “An Inconvenient Sequel” and “Menashe” @hammertonail & Review of “Atomic Blonde” @filmfesttoday

Last week, Hammer to Nail published four more articles of mine: a review of An Inconvenient Sequel, just released, but which I had previously seen at the recent AFI DOCS; an interview with its co-directors, Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk; a review of Menashe, also just released, which I had seen at the Washington Jewish Film Festival; and … Continue reading 2 Reviews + 2 Interviews – for “An Inconvenient Sequel” and “Menashe” @hammertonail & Review of “Atomic Blonde” @filmfesttoday

More AFI DOCS Pieces – Interview (“Strad Style”) + Review (“ACORN and the Firestorm) – and Criterion Blu-ray (“Cameraperson”) @hammertonail & Review of “Dunkirk” @filmfesttoday

Last week, Hammer to Nail published three more articles of mine: another review from the recent AFI DOCS festival, this time of ACORN and the Firestorm; an interview (also from AFI DOCS) with Stefan Avalos, director of Strad Style; and a review of Criterion’s new Blu-ray release of Cameraperson.  In addition, Film Festival Today published my review of Dunkirk (I seem … Continue reading More AFI DOCS Pieces – Interview (“Strad Style”) + Review (“ACORN and the Firestorm) – and Criterion Blu-ray (“Cameraperson”) @hammertonail & Review of “Dunkirk” @filmfesttoday

“Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets” Offers a Mass of Unpleasant Absurdity

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (Luc Besson, 2017) Based on a popular (in France) series of graphic novels by Pierre Christin, director Luc Besson’s latest ridiculous confection offers sci-fi spectacle of technical wizardry and artless design. Oh, sure, there’s thought behind the production, but it’s of the variety that more equals more, … Continue reading “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets” Offers a Mass of Unpleasant Absurdity