by Travis Mills | May 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
THE WILD YEARS: MAN / WOMAN / MOTEL ROOM “Give me a script. Any script. I don’t even need to like it.” And I really didn’t care if I liked it. “I need to make a movie again.” And I really needed to. That’s what I told Gus in 2010. I was nearly two years out of...
by Travis Mills | Apr 21, 2024 | Uncategorized
My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on three screen adaptations of Ernest Hemingway’s work. As I prepare to make my own, HEMINGWAY’S THE KILLERS, I am studying some other adaptations of the famous...
by Travis Mills | Mar 11, 2024 | Uncategorized
My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on three crime films I watched as a reference for my adaptation of Hemingway’s THE KILLERS. MULHOLLAND FALLS (1996) Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars I avoided this one for a while,...
by Travis Mills | Mar 11, 2024 | Uncategorized
My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on two films by Hungarian filmmaker Márta Mészáros and one film about her. BLOW-BALL (1965) Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars I didn’t have much time to study Hungarian cinema while I was...
by Travis Mills | Mar 4, 2024 | Uncategorized
My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on two short films and the debut feature film by director Carroll Ballard. THE BLACK STALLION (1979) Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Stars What an incredible feature debut from director...
by Travis Mills | Mar 4, 2024 | Uncategorized
My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on three early melodramas from Akira Kurosawa. NO REGRETS FOR OUR YOUTH (1946) Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Stars I’ve long been a fan of Akira Kurosawa’s historical pictures,...