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Spoilerpiece Theatre Episode 227: Boston Jewish Film Festival and RIDM recaps

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 227 below, we review Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma, The Front Runner, and we also have Boston Jewish Film Festival and RIDM recaps. This week, Kris kicks things off with his recent rewatch of Bram Stoker’s Dracula (5:03) directed by Francis Ford Coppola. It’s wacky and well worth your eyeballs. Meanwhile, I’ve been busy! I recap some highlights from the Boston Jewish Film Festival (13:47), everything from documentaries to found footage horror flicks. Then it’s back to Kris for Roma (22:30) from Alfonso Cuarón, his best film in years. See it in theaters if you can, Netflix if you must. Then I run through my favorites from RIDM (Montreal International Documentary Festival) (32:36), highlighting a trilogy focusing on the judicial system in Brazil. Kris closes out the show with The Front Runner (46:10), which has a couple of interesting ideas buried way too deep beneath intolerable self-satisfaction.

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 .