by Travis Mills | Nov 24, 2022 | Uncategorized
When I went through the Boetticher/Scott collaborations years ago, I felt that Ride Lonesome was inferior to The Tall T and Seven Men From Now. My viewing the other night confirmed that opinion. Hailed by critics and filmmakers like Scorsese, Ride Lonesome does...
by Travis Mills | Sep 2, 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 Eighteen: Major Dundee &...
by Travis Mills | Aug 4, 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 Fourteen: The Magnificent...
by Travis Mills | Jun 28, 2019 | 12 Westerns in 12 Months
We are excited to present a Western Film Festival, created by The Strand Theatre in Vicksburg and Running Wild Films Festival Passes Available Here: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4287454 Men of the West, our Western film festival, will feature showings of...
by Travis Mills | Sep 24, 2011 | Uncategorized
In honor of the cowboy movie we’re shooting this weekend, Comanche, and my continued debates with actor Rob Edwards about what a good Western is (he’s a big fan of Gunsmoke), I’ll written up a list of the Westerns I’m most fond of. Now first...
