Amy Seimetz and Shane Carruth hide from -- something -- in 'Upstream Color.' It's a movie that's been called both "utterly perplexing" and "transcendent." "Head-scratching" and "beautiful ...

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. It’s also a ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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“Upstream Color” is a pretentious movie oppressively engineered to baffle—if anyone thinks they can explain what I’m missing, go right ahead—even though Carruth hardly seems to know what ...

It’s true, “Upstream Color” teems with baffling visuals: paper-chains made of quotes from “Walden,” a man recording sounds in the forest, the lives and loves of a herd of pigs.

Like that earlier movie, which inspired both cultish devotion and a chorus of confused what-the-hecks, "Upstream Color" will bring unmitigated delight to some while infuriating others.For a ...

A brain-controlling parasite gives a man the locust-like ability to suck the will — and cash — from his unwitting victim.

In the early going of “Upstream Color,” one might almost conclude that a trackable story is emerging: We witness a young woman (Amy Seimetz) kidnapped, drugged and apparently robbed.

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 isn’t a horror film, but its use of imagery and sound to create an almost nightmarish sense of tension is something Hooper would probably admire. Writer, director, producer and ...