13 Films to See in October
October. It's the time of year when the leaves are changing color, election season is heating up, and the Cubs are doing whatever they can to avoid a World Series title. (Well, maybe not this year.) October also marks the return of serious movies to the cineplex as the first batch of this year's awards contenders are unveiled. And there are certainly some noteworthy releases due in the coming weeks, including this year's big Sundance winner, the latest films from Ava DuVernay, Park Chan-wook, Kelly Reichardt, and Terrence Malick, and 2016's highest-scoring film.
The feature debut of Iranian writer-director Babak Anvari earned excellent reviews when it premiered at Sundance earlier this year. Set in Tehran toward the end of the Iran-Iraq war, this horror film follows a mother (Narges Rashdi) who struggles to cope with the consequences of her political past and being left alone with her increasingly disturbed young daughter (Avin Manshadi) when her husband goes off to war. Like 2014’s The Babadook, this is a genre film with more on its mind than making you jump out of your seat.
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