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For nearly 30 years, the filmmaker Alan Berliner has made uniquely personal documentaries that mine his life and the lives of his relatives, chipping away at seemingly routine stories to find a more precise, poetic, and nuanced narrative. His films display a relentless curiosity about the people closest to him\\u2014territory fraught with pitfalls.

Berliner\\u2019s 1996 film Nobody\\u2019s Business examined his father, a lonely, divorced, retired salesman. Throughout the documentary, we hear the senior Berliner barking his objections with \\u201cmy life is nothing!\\u201d and \\u201cyou\\u2019re boring the shit out of me!\\u201d But as details of his past are revealed, Berliner\\u2019s father becomes a complex, lively figure in history, while, at every turn, the audience is compelled to adjust their perception of him.

In Berliner\\u2019s newest film, First Cousin Once Removed, the filmmaker again focuses on family: in this case

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