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Festival Coverage: Providence’s Art & Design Film Festival

Evan Crean

Recently I wrote a profile of the Art & Design Film Festival in Providence, Rhode Island for NewEnglandFilm.com. The profile covers the festival’s rapid expansion, some of the noteworthy films playing this year, and the up-and-coming non-profit backing the festival: The Providence Center for Media and Culture.

I chatted with Brenda Shannon, Managing Director of the Art & Design Film Festival, to find out all about the event and its founders, Daniel Kamil and Emily Steffian, who are building the Providence Cinematheque, as a center for film in the city.

Read the full story here.

Evan Crean

Hello! My name is Evan Crean. By day I work for a marketing agency, but by night, I’m a film critic based in Boston, MA. Since 2009, I have written hundreds of movie reviews and celebrity interviews for Starpulse.com. I have also contributed pieces to NewEnglandFilm.com and to The Independent, as a writer and editor. I maintain an active Letterboxd account too. In addition to publishing short form work, I am a co-author of the book Your ’80s Movie Guide to Better Living, which is available on CreateSpace and Amazon. The book is the first in a series of lighthearted self-help books for film fans, which distills advice from ’80s movies on how to tackle many of life’s challenges. On top of writing, I co-host and edit the weekly film podcast Spoilerpiece Theatre with two other Boston film critics. I’m a founding member and the current treasurer for the Boston Online Film Critics Association as well. This site, Reel Recon.com, is a one-stop-shop where you can find links to all of my past and present work. Have any questions or comments after checking it out? Please feel free to email me (Evan Crean) at: ecrean AT reelrecon DOT COM .