Coherence is more popular than James Ward Byrkit could have predicted. Almost a decade after making his feature directorial debut with the mind-bending science-fiction miniature, the acclaimed ...

Necessity is the mother of invention. So when a film deliberately restricts itself to a couple of rooms, one garden, and a small stretch of road, the filmmakers better get pretty damn inventive.

The story of how the sci-fi thriller “Coherence” was made is a bit more interesting than the film itself. Writer-director James Ward Byrkit provided actors with an idea of what their characters were ...