The Running Wild Blog
Articles on the craft of filmmaking and the films we create.MOVIE MONDAY: Reviews of Crossing Delancey and A Fish in the Bathtub
My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on two more films directed by Joan Micklin Silver. CROSSING DELANCEY (1988) Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Stars What's best about Joan Micklin Silver's work, an honest depiction of men and...
MOVIE MONDAY: Review of New Release COUNTERATTACK
My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on Netflix's new release, COUNTERATTACK. COUNTERATTACK (2025) Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Stars There's nothing particularly original about Netflix's new action release COUNTERATTACK...
WESTERN WEDNESDAY: Week 227 – The Last Wagon
For more of my movie reviews, click here to follow me on Letterboxd. THE LAST WAGON (1956) Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Stars Delmer Daves is one of the filmmakers I've focused on for my THE MEN WHO MADE WESTERNS book. He might be the most underrated contributor to the...
MOVIE MONDAY: Reviews of Light Sleeper, Touch, Mary, and Go Go Tales
My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on two films by Paul Schrader and two by Abel Ferrara. LIGHT SLEEPER (1992) Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars One thing's for sure, when Martin Scorsese, commenting on why he chose...
MOVIE MONDAY: Reviews of Chilly Scenes of Winter and Between the Lines
My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on two films directed by Joan Micklin Silver and starring one of my favorite actors, John Heard. CHILLY SCENES OF WINTER (1979) Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars This is my kind of...
MOVIE MONDAY: Reviews of The Princess of Montpensier, The French Minister, and The Revenge of the Musketeers
My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on three films by one of my favorite French filmmakers, Bertrand Tavernier. THE PRINCESS OF MONTPENSIER (2010) Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Stars Bertrand Tavernier knew how to mount a...
MOVIE MONDAY: Western Movie Reviews – Week 226 – Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart
For more of my movie reviews, click here to follow me on Letterboxd. OUTLAWS: THE LEGEND OF O.B. TAGGART (1995) Rating: 3 out of 5 Stars Mickey Rooney isn't an actor known for his Westerns so when I saw his name headlining this 90s TV movie, I was...
MOVIE MONDAY: Western Movie Reviews – Week 225 – Red River
For more of my movie reviews, click here to follow me on Letterboxd. RED RIVER (1988) Rating: 3 out of 5 Stars This RED RIVER would be a solid TV Western if it wasn't impossible not to compare it to the Hawks masterpiece. No one can fill John Wayne's...
MOVIE MONDAY: Western Movie Reviews – Week 224 – Rango
For more of my movie reviews, click here to follow me on Letterboxd. RANGO (2011) Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars This is the best animated Western since FIEVEL GOES WEST. I'm not kidding, though admittedly there aren't too many animated entries in the genre!...
MOVIE MONDAY: Western Movie Reviews – Week 223 – Stagecoach (1986)
For more of my movie reviews, click here to follow me on Letterboxd. STAGECOACH (1986) Rating: 3 out of 5 Stars This 80s remake of the John Ford classic is better than it should be but it still isn't more than mediocre. With a cast of "outlaw" country...