By Ezra Stead

Upstream Color, USA, 2013

Written and Directed by Shane Carruth

I will not hesitate to say that I think Shane Carruth is the most exciting new filmmaker of the 21^st century. His first film, Primer (2004), is a masterpiece, the most realistic, challenging, and compelling time travel movie ever made. Now, nine years later, he has returned with Upstream Color, an even more complex and challenging film, and certainly a more visually appealing one. Forgoing the impossibly economical 16mm filmmaking of Primer in favor of gorgeous HD, Carruth has created a work of stunning beauty and deep emotional and philosophical resonance. Read More