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 ...

Upstream Color is only Shane Carruth’s second feature film since he broke into the scene with 2004’s cult classic Primer, a hyper-realistic time travel narrative made on a $7,000 budget. Upstream ...

Bold, impassioned, ecstatically beautiful, Shane Carruth’s Upstream Color — a lyric reverie on loss, love and various invasions of the body — was in a class by itself at the 2013 Sundance Film ...

Shane Carruth, who directed 2004’s Sundance Grand Jury Prize winning Primer, has taken an audacious artistic leap forward with his sophomore feature Upstream Color. He imbues Upstream with a visceral ...

Shane Carruth made his name in the independent film world in 2004 with his debut, “Primer,” a sci-fi, time-travel thriller that he wrote, directed, produced, edited, scored and starred in for a paltry ...

Larry and KPCC film critics Alynda Wheat and Andy Klein discuss some of their favorite overlooked films from 2013, including This Is The End, Upstream Color, The Heat and more. TGI-Filmweek! LAist is ...