There’s little better at restoring one’s faith in cinema then when a great director returns from the wilderness. Terrence Malick was MIA for 20 years between Days of Heaven and The Thin Red Line, but ...

It’s easy to tell when you’ve reached the Road to Nowhere. Even before you roll over the (crumbling) asphalt of Lakeview Drive near Bryson City, North Carolina, there’s a billboard at the mouth of the ...

Road to Nowhere isn’t just the title of Monte Hellman’s latest film; it’s also the plot synopsis for all his best work. Hellman, a low-budget director who never had a big box-office hit, first came to ...

Monte Hellman‘s first feature film in 21 years is one of his finest and deepest, a twin peak to his 1971 masterpiece, “Two Lane Blacktop.” “Road to Nowhere” displays this director’s trademark virtues ...

If "Road to Nowhere" had been made by someone else, it would pass unobserved. Yet the fact that it marks Monte Hellman's return to feature filmmaking after a 21-year absence assures this patchwork ...

It would have been better if someone other than the thirty-five-year-old Tygh Runyan had played the character of Mitchell Haven, the protagonist of Monte Hellman’s new film, “Road to Nowhere” (which ...

Director Monte Hellman returns to features after a 21-year-absence with “Road to Nowhere.” The film is a stylish, shimmering neo-noir with a multi-layered narrative for which the director’s longtime ...