The Queens Museum of Art is featuring Welcome to Nowhere (Bullet Hole Road) as part of its 6th Queens International Biennial. The screening is planned for Saturday, December 7th, 2013 at 6pm.
Visit the Queens Museum website for more information and to plan your visit to the newly renovated art center in Flushing, NY.
8 out of 10!
Don Simpson, the Senior Editor of Smells Like Screen Spirit gives Welcome to Nowhere (Bullet Hole Road) a rating of 8 out of 10. “By boldly mashing live action with motion graphics animation, Cusick establishes a universe that falls somewhere between the hyper-real and the unreal.” You can read the review at Smells Like Screen Spirit.
Nihilistic Fantasies!
Steve Rickinson, Editor-In-Chief of the NYC film website Indiewood/Hollywoodn’t reviews Welcome to Nowhere (Bullet Hole Road) and describes it as “an intense collection of nihilistic fantasies.” 3 out of 5 big apples!
Read the capsule review on Indiewood/Hollywoodn’t here.
SmartFilm Interview
Matt Oakes, the editor of Smart Film and Silver Screen Riot film blogs, interviews writer/director William Cusick about Welcome to Nowhere (Bullet Hole Road). Oakes describes the film as “hallucinatory emotional turmoil in shifting visual splashes” and goes to discuss the aesthetics, emotionality and meaning of the film with Cusick.
Read the interview here on Smart Film Blog.
A Fever Dream!
The innovative new film blog 366 Weird Movies is on a mission to chronicle the best weird movies available, and recently took time to give Welcome to Nowhere (Bullet Hole Road) a capsule review – referring to the film as “a fever dream of a road movie.”
Read Rob Hubbard’s review on 366 Weird Movies.
Watch it right now!
Michael Tully, Editor at Hammer to Nail, muses about Welcome to Nowhere (Bullet Hole Road) – “Have you ever wondered what would happen if Gregory Crewdson, Sam Shepard, and Cory McAbee took mescaline at a roadside motel and got freaky with a video camera?” You can read the review at HammertoNail.com
Online Premiere at NoBudge.com
Welcome to Nowhere (Bullet Hole Road) is now streaming for free online at NoBudge.com through October 17th. This free online stream is available for 1-month only.
No Budge covers the world of true indie films. It was started in February 2011 by filmmaker Kentucker Audley to premiere & compile true indie films. Free + no ads + no piracy. It has been called “innovative” (Filmmaker Magazine) and “indispensable” (GreenCine).
Chance Magazine
The film and director William Cusick are featured in the premiere issue of Chance Magazine, the most innovative art-magazine on American theater design ever published. After a hugely successful Kickstarter campaign, the magazine is off to a running start as it aims to take the design and publishing worlds by storm. Get your inaugural copy on the newsstands or online now and read about the making of the film.
Official Selection – Cinetarium Film Festival
Winner – QWFF Founders’ Choice Award
Welcome to Nowhere (Bullet Hole Road) was awarded the Founders’ Choice honor at the Queens World Film Festival. The film is screening on Sunday, March 10th at 5:15pm as part of the winners block at The Secret Theatre in Long Island City. Follow this link more details here.
IndieNYC.com Interview
Director William Cusick did an interview with IndieNYC.com about the film. Steve Rickinson, IndieNYC’s Editor-In-Chief, asked great questions that ought to help illuminate some concepts behind the film. Check it out over on their website – interview link.
Official Selection – Queens World Film Festival
Upcoming Screening in Las Vegas
Welcome to Nowhere (Bullet Hole Road) will be screened in Las Vegas as part of PollyGrind’s March Madness weekend. Dates and screening time to be announced shortly. Thanks for checking back!
Winner – DIFF Best Supporting Actress
We’re very excited to announce the Dreamland International Film Festival has awarded Welcome to Nowhere (Bullet Hole Road)’s Cara Francis with the honor of Best Supporting Actress.
Official Selection of Dreamland Film Festival
Official Selection at PollyGrind Film Festival
Official Selection at NewFilmmakers New York
Official Selection at LES Film Festival
Film Critique by Dustin Freeley
Dustin Freeley, of the film analysis and commentary website Movies About Gladiators, took a look at the film and wrote up a brilliantly sharp critique, looking at the film against the history of American Road Movies. Head on over to their site and read the critique before or after you see the film. The article is called A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Road Movie.