by Travis Mills | Nov 8, 2022 | Uncategorized
The Tall T is the backbone of the Western, the closest any film could come to a definition of the genre and a textbook for any filmmaker wanting to worth within it. Budd Boetticher’s film is also arguably the best Western ever made. It may not match the...
by Travis Mills | Jun 12, 2022 | 12 Westerns in 12 Months
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 159: Springfield Rifle (1952) This is a thrilling Civil War-set Western with...
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 | 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 | 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....
