`Paradise Lost' portrays a town without pity

From: The Boston Globe | Date: September 27, 1996| Author: Jay Carr, Globe Staff | Copyright information
PARADISE LOST Documentary directed by: Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky Playing at: Kendall Square Unrated (This is an expanded version of the review published here when this film opened at the recent Boston Film Festival.)

Although "Paradise Lost" deals with what looks like an open-and-shut case, you can't take your eyes off its horrifying details and its ripple-effect questions. Markedly different from the populism that marked Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky's "Brother's Keeper," this ne...