The Running Wild Blog
Articles on the craft of filmmaking and the films we create.
New Publication: BRIEF ENCOUNTERS by Gus Edwards
I am excited to announce the publication of Brief Encounters from Running Wild Books. This collection of short stories by Running Wild Films co-founder and acclaimed playwright Gus Edwards can be ordered on Amazon. Click Here to get your copy.
BONUS WESTERN MOVIE REVIEW: There was a Crooked Man (1970)
I continue to study the Western genre. I have now launched a podcast about the making of Western films. Listen here This is a classic example of a director being miscast for a project. Joseph Mankiewicz was clearly a talented filmmaker. I just watched his...
MOVIE MONDAY: Western Movie Reviews – Week 152 – The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953)
Each Monday, I continue to share Western movie reviews. I have now launched a podcast about the making of Westerns and the overall filmmaking process. Click here to listen. Week 152: The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953) Watching this collaboration between...
MOVIE MONDAY: Reviews of Against the Ice, Jug Face, Eyewitness, Pharos of Chaos, and Blue Steel
My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. Against the Ice (2022) Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars Before starting this new film on Netflix, I looked it up on Rotten Tomatoes (nearly always a mistake). What I found was a series of reviews calling...
Announcing April Filmmaking Classes
This month, I am offering the following online classes! April 9th - TIPS FOR ACTORS: Focus on Auditioning Take #2 Last month's session on auditioning was so successful I want to offer it again and not just once but twice (see the second opportunity below). As...
BONUS WESTERN MOVIE REVIEW: The Missing (2003)
I continue to study the Western genre. I have now launched a podcast about the making of Western films. Listen here I first saw this Ron Howard-directed Western when it hit theaters nearly twenty years ago. It felt like it was time for a reassessment (and the film...
MOVIE MONDAY: Reviews of Trancers 3, Gorky Park, A Walk Among the Tombstones, Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story, and All About Mankiewicz
My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. Trancers 3 Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars I like the third entry in the Trancers series a little more than the second, probably because it returns the visual style to a darker, more sci-fi noir tone unlike the...
MOVIE MONDAY: Western Movie Reviews – Week 151 – Man in the Saddle
Each Monday, I continue to share Western movie reviews. I have now launched a podcast about the making of Westerns and the overall filmmaking process. Click here to listen. Week 151: Man in the Saddle It's odd that the collaboration between Budd Boetticher and...
MOVIE MONDAY: Western Movie Reviews – Week 150 – Terror in a Texas Town
Each Monday, I continue to share Western movie reviews. I have now launched a podcast about the making of Westerns and the overall filmmaking process. Click here to listen. Week 150: Terror in a Texas Town This Western from director Joseph H. Lewis,...
MOVIE MONDAY: Reviews of Pasolini, Trancers II, and Deep Water
My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. Pasolini (2014) Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars I watched this film at the recommendation of my friend Gus. He compared it to my impressionistic take on a real life figure in Durant's Never Closes. I'm glad he...
