As mystifying as his 2004 sci-fier, "Primer," albeit for entirely different reasons, Shane Carruth's "Upstream Color" is a stimulating and hypnotic piece of experimental filmmaking. “Primer” fans and ...

Director: Shane Carruth Stars: Amy Seimetz, Shane Carruth, Andrew Sensenig, Thiago Martins, Kathy Carruth, Meredith Burke Running time: 96 minutes Score: 9/10 In 2004, hardcore and, more importantly, ...

Shot on 16 mm film on a mere $7,000 budget, 2004’s “Primer” stands among the brainiest sci-fi movies ever made. But the technical story didn’t depend on a multi-million dollar Michael Bay budget — the ...

'Upstream Color' actor-writer-director Shane Carruth stars with Amy Seimetz in his film. (erbp) "Upstream Color," writer director Shane Carruth's experimental arthouse drama that bowed at the Sundance ...

Although he insists that the film is not too difficult to describe, there’s no use trying to sum up this enigmatic, breathtaking work in a mere couple sentences. Instead, why don’t you just go ...

“Upstream Color” is as enigmatic as filmmaking gets — not in a casual way, but determinedly, even willfully. Being completely understood at first glance is not on creator Shane Carruth’s agenda, but ...

When Shane Carruth’s Upstream Color premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2013, one of the only available promotional images for the film was a pitcher of ice water. The pitcher sat on a table ...

Nearly 10 years after shooting Primer (2004), Shane Carruth is finally back with Upstream Color, and it turns out the movie has been shot on the Panasonic GH2! Primer had been shot on Super16 for ...

Given that yesterday’s post occasioned some discussion about spoilers, a brief preamble to my review of Shane Carruth’s Upstream Color (A): If you want to preserve the experience of seeing the film ...

Ready for intrigue at the movies this weekend? A batch of enigmatic and mysterious thrillers are hitting theaters, with varying critical results. Danny Boyle’s “Trance,” starring James McAvoy, Rosario ...