Back in September, I got to do my first-ever interview with a real, live director: Shane Carruth, who created Primer. His film is now off the festival circuit and in theatres!

Here's some links to a few reviews:

Globe and Mail: Reel revelation ***

In an industry that rewards special effects over raw substance, Primer is a revelation. Shot on Super 16-mm film with a $7,000 (U.S.) budget by a 31-year-old, first-time filmmaker, the movie went on to win the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance. And rightly so, for this work reminds us that filmmaking can be a democratic art, after all. Forget computer animation and bankable stars: All you need to make a great film is a brilliant script, talented players and a modest line of credit.

Toronto Star: Advanced case of geeky sci-fi brain cramp **

The distributor of Primer, the sci-fi brain bomb that won big this year at the Sundance Film Festival, is offering a free second screening to anyone who pays to see it the first time.

It's a marketing scheme that is as canny as it is charitable. A single shot of Primer simply isn't enough, and two hits will get through only to the Einsteins in the audience.

I've seen it three times (or rather 3½ times, if you count an aborted screening where the reels were cruelly out of order) and I still don't think I completely get it.

Now Toronto: The ABCs of Primer ****

(Note: This appears to be a reposting of an earlier interview with Carruth at the Toronto International Film Festival. How lazy of Now)

New York Times: From a suburban garage, a new take on time travel

Mr. Carruth has invented something fascinating -- a way of capturing, on film, some of the pleasure and peril of scientific inquiry -- and you don't need a time machine to predict that as he goes on, he will discover exciting new ways to put it to use.

Rottentomatoes.com - 69 per cent fresh

I would personally give it about 2½ stars. I think those who give it a higher rating are overly taken with the notion that Carruth made the flick for $7,000 US. The premise is interesting, but it gets re-e-e-e-ally convoluted at the end.