‘Manakamana’ Review: A Lovely Slice of Life With a Very Narrow Scope

This review was originally published during the New York Film Festival on October 1, 2013. It is being reposted now as the film is released to home video.

The Sensory Ethnography Lab at Harvard has produced a number of daring, conceptually interesting films over the last few years. Leviathan, which opened earlier this year, might be the most impressive. …