by Travis Mills | Aug 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
I continue to study the Western genre. I have now launched a podcast about the making of Western films. Listen here I would have seen this a lot sooner if I knew it was a remake/adaptation of the same source material as The Asphalt Jungle. It was already on my list...
by Travis Mills | Apr 15, 2020 | Preview
Each Monday, I continue to share Western movie reviews as I go through the process of making my own 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 Fifty...
by Travis Mills | Dec 22, 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 Thirty Five: Broken Arrow...
by Travis Mills | Apr 29, 2019 | 12 Westerns in 12 Months
Each Monday, I am sharing reviews of Westerns I studied 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 One: The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez, Grey...
by Travis Mills | Jan 20, 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....