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 ...

“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 agenda, but ...

Although he insists that the film is not too difficult to describe, there’s no use trying to sum up this enigmatic, breathtaking work in a mere couple sentences. Instead, why don’t you just go ...

Amy Seimetz plays Kris, a successful creative. One night she's kidnapped, seemingly at random, and force-fed a specially selected grub. Upon ingestion she becomes blindly obliging and, some time later ...

Given that yesterday’s post occasioned some discussion about spoilers, a brief preamble to my review of Shane Carruth’s Upstream Color (A): If you want to preserve the experience of seeing the film ...