In Theaters:
October Country
Troubled families are all over the modern documentary scene. There is a particular affection for those filmmakers who can rustle up skeletons from the closet to then present to the world via a scrim of home-movie footage and mordant narration. The small unit of relations on the other end of Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher’s lens in October Country aren’t that kind of family. Many of their problems are simply there, writ large on the surface and discussed in detail for all who will listen, or pay to see…
October Country is in limited release now and should be available on DVD soon. Read the full review at filmcritic.com.
