Christopher Llewellyn Reed

Christopher Llewellyn Reed Film Festival Today Oct 23, 2026 2.5/5 It’s a Disneyfied take, and even Disney films often have more bite. Go to Full Review Klara and the Sun (2026) 25% - -

Christopher Llewellyn Reed Hammer to Nail Oct 22, 2026 It’s a complicated film about a complex individual, who asks us to consider the question, "Who owns history?" Go to Full Review Edward Said: Between Worlds (2026) 94% - -

Christopher Llewellyn Reed Film Festival Today Oct 21, 2026 4.5/5 Working again in his preferred 4:3 aspect ratio and black-and-white images, Pawlikowski, as always, engages a stellar cast from top to bottom. Go to Full Review Fatherland (2026) 91% - -

Christopher Llewellyn Reed Hammer to Nail Oct 20, 2026 Universal in scope thanks to its specificity of detail, "Tangles" delivers a moving testament to how love and memory (and jokes) help us bear overwhelming grief. Go to Full Review Tangles (2026) 95% - -

Christopher Llewellyn Reed Hammer to Nail Oct 9, 2026 Karpovsky maintains a firm command of his movie’s mood (until the conclusion), delivering dark comedy in a thoroughly enjoyable way. It helps that his two leads, Little and Novakovic, are at the top of their game. Go to Full Review Riptides (2026) - - - -

Christopher Llewellyn Reed Film Festival Today Oct 9, 2026 5/5 If it doesn’t make you angrier than you already are, nothing will help you regain your humanity. Go to Full Review NAZA (2026) 100% - -

Christopher Llewellyn Reed Hammer to Nail Oct 8, 2026 Never taking itself too seriously, "Edie Arnold Is a Loser" proves a winner from start to finish, buoyed by great performances and raucous mise-en-scène. Go to Full Review Edie Arnold Is a Loser (2026) 100% - -

Christopher Llewellyn Reed Hammer to Nail Oct 6, 2026 Despite the insinuation of its title, the film is very much a wholly original meditation on mourning, beautiful in its torment and lovely in its promise of something better on the other side. Go to Full Review Everytime (2026) 95% - -

Christopher Llewellyn Reed Hammer to Nail Sep 25, 2026 It’s tough going, but well worth the experience. Go to Full Review Josephine (2026) 96% - -

Christopher Llewellyn Reed Hammer to Nail Sep 24, 2026 Scott is his usual brilliant self, showing Charleson’s talent and wry wit, both of which keep him going Go to Full Review Elsinore (2026) 88% - -

Christopher Llewellyn Reed Film Festival Today Sep 20, 2026 2/5 There’s nothing wrong with mixing moods, but such a blend has to work, and it doesn’t here. Go to Full Review The Stunt Driver (2026) 74% - -

Christopher Llewellyn Reed Film Festival Today Sep 20, 2026 1/5 If ever an evil genius were needed, it was in the writing. Go to Full Review Evil Genius (2026) 58% - -

Christopher Llewellyn Reed Hammer to Nail Sep 19, 2026 It’s a very happy ending to an initially challenging story. And it’s all here, in this fully enjoyable ode to Darlene Love’s greatness. The spotlight is on her for good. Go to Full Review Darlene Love: I Know Where I've Been (2026) 100% - -

Christopher Llewellyn Reed Film Festival Today Sep 18, 2026 4.5/5 The movie plunges us into the middle of an intense situation where the limits of tolerance are tested. Go to Full Review Fjord (2026) 91% - -

Christopher Llewellyn Reed Hammer to Nail Sep 17, 2026 Segan keeps the many narrative threads in carefully managed play, mixing gentle humor with the adrenaline-fueled drama. Go to Full Review The Only Living Pickpocket in New York (2026) 97% - -

Christopher Llewellyn Reed Film Festival Today Sep 16, 2026 4/5 It’s not only a great-looking picture, but a profoundly compassionate one, filled with what we need most in the world today: empathy. Go to Full Review Re/Pair (2026) - - - -

Christopher Llewellyn Reed Film Festival Today Sep 16, 2026 1/5 If it feels like mawkish, Oscar-bait pablum, that’s because it is. Go to Full Review Closing Night (2026) 69% - -

Christopher Llewellyn Reed Film Festival Today Sep 13, 2026 3.5/5 The strength of the movie is in its careful, detailed laying out of events, even if the identity of some of the overlapping voices occasionally proves hard to remember. Go to Full Review Pretenders (2026) - - - -

Christopher Llewellyn Reed Hammer to Nail Sep 13, 2026 It’s riveting throughout, all the way to its killer of a conclusion. Go to Full Review Wild Wild East (2026) - - - -

Christopher Llewellyn Reed Film Festival Today Sep 12, 2026 4.5/5 Every artist who agrees to have a movie made about them should be so lucky as to have their work photographed in as exquisite a manner as that used by Èlia Gasull Balada and Matteo Norzi … for the canvases of Sara Flores. Go to Full Review The Hummingbird Paints Fragrant Songs (2026) - - - -