by Travis Mills | Jun 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
My weekly movie reviews. You can also read these on letterboxd. This week focuses on three non-Western collaborations between James Stewart and Anthony Mann. THUNDER BAY (1953) Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Stars This non-Western from Anthony Mann and Jimmy Stewart...
by Travis Mills | Jul 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
I continue to study the Western genre. I have now launched a podcast about the making of Western films. Listen here Henry King didn’t make a lot of Westerns, not enough to meet the criteria for the book I’m writing, but he certainly made two of the...
by Travis Mills | Sep 29, 2019 | 12 Westerns in 12 Months
Each Monday, I share reviews of Westerns I’m studying to prepare for making 12 Westerns in 12 Months during 2020. I am watching these films not from an audience perspective but as a filmmaker, as a student of the genre. Week Twenty Two: Special Western...
by Travis Mills | Jul 22, 2017 | Blood Country
I had some fun recently on a long drive fantasizing about what our upcoming release Blood Country would look like if it was a 1950s Western film instead of a modern day movie. Of course, I love the classics of this genre, especially the ones directed by John Ford,...
by Travis Mills | Oct 18, 2015 | 12 Westerns in 12 Months
As a precursor to our film project, 12 Western Feature-Length Films in 12 Months, which Running Wild Films and 5J Media will start producing in 2016, director Travis Mills shares his thoughts on films from the genre as he studies Westerns in preparation for our own....
