Carruth and co-editor David Lowery don’t construct Upstream Color in the way of a typical Hollywood film. There is no such thing as a scene or an act in Upstream Color. The film is very much a kind of ...

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,” ...