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 ...

The indie film makes its debut at festival as part of the U.S. Dramatic Competition category and will have its European premiere at the Berlin Film Festival in mid-February. By Tatiana Siegel, Daniel ...

One of the highlights of January's Sundance Film Festival was "Upstream Color," the long-awaited second feature from writer-director Shane Carruth. Carruth's low-budget time-travel tale "Primer" ...

“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 ...

Shane Carruth is trying to explain the presence of a sound recordist in the midst of his latest film "Upstream Color." After first positing that it has something to do with Thoreau's "Walden," which ...

Rollo Tomasi is a Connecticut-based film critic, TV show critic, news, and editorial writer. He will have a MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University in 2025. Rollo has written over 700 film, ...

There's a thin line between what's truly mysterious and what's totally bogus. A movie that leaves you feeling unclear about what's happening isn't necessarily mysterious—it may just be inept. In other ...

Writing about the plot to Shane Carruth’s Upstream Color is a bit of a crapshoot. It’s not because I’ll be giving away any spoilers, but because you will likely think it sounds ridiculous — and I’d ...

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, ...

"Upstream Color" is one of the year's most intriguing films. I don't normally review films that are out on video or On Demand, but I'm going to make an exception for "Upstream Color." This is a film ...

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 ...