Upstream Color

By Joe Peeler at 1:10 PM on April 26, 2013

If Shane Carruth’s time-traveling debut Primer was about outthinking what you might do in the future, his second movie, Upstream Color, is about deciphering why you feel the way you do right now. This is not by any means an easy question to answer, and Carruth measures the distance from our actions to our understanding with all the confusion and swirls of emotion that accompany our worst decisions. He does so in a way that taps into some of the best elements of the current American moviescape—the editing is crisp and pushes the story along at a clip, the performances...  read more

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The 15 Best Movies at SXSW 2013

By Michael Dunaway at 6:14 PM on March 21, 2013

With all the music and parties going on in Austin, Texas, it can be difficult to prioritize movie-watching at SXSW. But our film writers saw several dozen anyway, finding the choicest gems to recommend to you.  read more

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Upstream Color Sundance 2013 Review

By Jeremy Mathews at 3:12 PM on January 28, 2013

Shane Carruth’s Upstream Color builds a stunning mosaic of lives overwhelmed by decisions outside their control, of people who don’t understand the impulses that rule their lives.  read more

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The 17 Best Movies at Sundance 2013

By Josh Jackson at 11:01 AM on January 28, 2013

Paste saw somewhere north of 50 movies in 10 days at Sundance 2013, enough to bring you a list of 17 worthwhile movies—comedies, dramas, thrillers and docs.  read more

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Primer Director Returns With a Pair of Films

By Ross Bonaime at 3:16 PM on October 12, 2011

Seven years ago, writer-director-star Shane Carruth released _Primer_, a film that only cost him $7,000 and won him the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. Now the talented filmmaker is coming back to film, with two different films.  read more

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