Hide Your Smiling Faces
First screened in October 2013
Director: Daniel Patrick Carbone. Cast: Ryan Jones, Nathan Varnson, Colm O'Leary, Chris Kies, Ivan Tomic, Christina Starbuck, Thomas Cruz, Andrew M. Chamberlain, Clark Middleton. Screenplay: Daniel Patrick Carbone.

Twitter Capsule: Regional impressionism, evoking sibling rivalry and bondedness, inchoate fear of death. Gun, bear detract.

VOR:   Wouldn't call this "new," but always happy for any well-rendered regional milieu, and for a recognizable portrait of childhood. Carbone's follow-up an exciting prospect.



Photo © 2014 Tribeca Film

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: B–


Awards:
National Society of Film Critics: Best Film Awaiting American Distribution (tie)

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