Joaquin Phoenix and John C. Reilly in the Western film The Sisters Brothers looking at something off camera
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Spoilerpiece Theatre Episode 221: The Sisters Brothers

Evan Crean

“Spoilerpiece Theatre” is a weekly movie podcast where I talk about new releases with fellow BOFCA critics Dave Riedel and Kris Jenson. We don’t give a shit about spoilers. We just want to talk about the movies.

In Episode 221 below, we review North by Northwest, Citizen Kane, Walking the Streets of Moscow, Bad Times at the El Royale, A Star is Born, and The Sisters Brothers. This week, we welcome our old friend Sam Cohen back on the show! Things kick off with two Crewinds: North by Northwest (4:09) and Citizen Kane (7:23), both of which I saw on Filmstruck. If you have classic films that have been on your watchlist for years, FilmStruck is here to help (not a sponsored message, we just dig the service). Next up, Kris (pardon his scratchy post-illness voice) catches up with an old Soviet classic Walking the Streets of Moscow (12:30), a film by Georgiy Daneliya that brings the heart and soul of the French New Wave to 1960s Russia. Sam then talks Bad Times at the El Royale (21:16), bad times that were unfortunately had by the audience as well. Kris gets us excited for A Star is Born (31:41) which is going to win a whole bunch of Oscars and that’s okay. I then finish things off with The Sisters Brothers (44:20), the latest stark, brutal Western about the lawlessness of the early American Frontier.

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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 .