Like some kind of mental nymphomaniac, I can’t get enough of having my mind screwed with. The last film to truly give me a good noggin rogerin’ was Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij’s Sound of My Voice, and now another lo-fi sci-fi flick has popped up that may just do the same.
Writer/director James Ward Byrkit’s Coherence has been picking up tons of praise on the festival circuit, with most saying that the less you know going into it, the better, as the film royally plays with your perceptions of just what the hell is going on. So, you know, you may not even want to watch this trailer. But you totally should, because otherwise I just wrote all of this for nothing.
On the night of an astrological anomaly, eight friends at a dinner party experience a troubling chain of reality bending events. Part cerebral sci-fi and part relationship drama, COHERENCE is a tightly focused, intimately shot film that quickly ratchets up with tension and mystery.“
Coherence stars Hugo Armstrong, Nicholas Brendon, Emily Foxler, Elizabeth Gracen, Lauren Maher, Alex Manugian, Lorene Scafaria and Maury Sterling, and gets a limited release on June 20, 2014.
Last Updated: May 8, 2014
Wincethis
May 8, 2014 at 09:51
Will keep an eye out for this. Haven’t seen Sound of my Voice either…
Justin Hess
May 8, 2014 at 10:41
Sound of my voice is bloody good, though I found the ending a bit too clever-clever, look how clever I am, I’m so clever, I’m the cleverest in the classroom
Rincethis
May 8, 2014 at 10:45
Ah. Like, contrived clever not enjoyable?
Kervyn Cloete
May 8, 2014 at 10:54
It’s a tad contrived, but in a good way, I felt. Had me racking my brain for like 2 weeks afterwards just trying to get to grips with everything
Rincethis
May 8, 2014 at 10:55
Okay. Will see if I can netflix it this weekend.
Alien Emperor Trevor
May 8, 2014 at 10:40
An astrological anomaly? Did the constellations shift position & suddenly I became a Pisces with a bad future predicted for me?
Rincethis
May 8, 2014 at 10:47
What, you mean me?
Alien Emperor Trevor
May 8, 2014 at 10:55
Actually no, just an anomalous astrological coincidence.
Rincethis
May 8, 2014 at 11:02
My birthday is in March 😛 *missed opportunity
Alien Emperor Trevor
May 8, 2014 at 11:09
It’s so cute that you call it a “birthday” when we all know it was an uncorking of the test tube. *RUN*
Rincethis
May 8, 2014 at 11:10
More liked dribbled actually 😉
Justin Hess
May 8, 2014 at 11:29
Did nobody notice that Xander from Buffy is in here? Nobody? Just me then
Kervyn Cloete
May 8, 2014 at 11:41
Oh, I noticed. It’s just Nicholas Brendon is about as famous as my breakfast right now, so wasn’t sure if it was worth mentioning.