Forgiving critics and moviegoers often call films without articulate points or well-defined characters “poems.” This usually affixes to work by Terrence Malick and will surely be a tag for the ...

Matt Goldberg has been an editor with Collider since 2007. As the site's Chief Film Critic, he has authored hundreds of reviews and covered major film festivals including the Toronto International ...

In 2004, Shane Carruth wowed Sundance Film Festival audiences with his heady time travel flick Primer, which he made with no prior filmmaking experience and shot (on film!) for a budget of around ...

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." ...

Indie drama about an odd love story (1:36). Not rated: Sensuality, violence. IFC. There is an undeniable pull to the stream-of-consciousness storytelling filmmaker Shane Carruth (“Primer”) uses in ...

Premiering at the Sundance Film Festival a few months ago, Primer writer-director Shane Carruth delivered another divisive work of science-fiction with the mesmerizing Upstream Color. Having recently ...

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 ...

You may not want to know anything about Shane Carruth‘s “Upstream Color,” which opens in several theaters this week, because much of its appeal is derived from being thoroughly consumed by its ...

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. Yes, the fact ...

Ambiguity makes these movies frustrating but ultimately infinitely rewatchable. True filmmaking ingenuity on display. Ah, what could have been. Independent Spirit Awards Nominations 2014. 12 Years a ...

Filmmaker Shane Carruth’s micro-budget breakthrough “Primer” was a dense, realistic time travel drama of the sort nobody had seen before. Judging by his long-awaited second feature, “Upstream Color,” ...