by Travis Mills | Jan 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
Before Bone Tomahawk came along, Ravenous sat on the throne as the best Western-Horror film ever made. A rewatch of the film the other night only confirmed the movie’s worth. What I love about Ravenous: the brutality, the dark humor, the eccentric score,...
by Travis Mills | Jan 22, 2023 | Uncategorized
Like Howard Hawks did with Rio Bravo, El Dorado, and Rio Lobo, Budd Boetticher and Burt Kennedy recycled elements of The Tall T and Seven Men From Now over and over again. Some viewers take no issue with this. Some even enjoy Ride Lonesome and Comanche...
by Travis Mills | Jan 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
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 188: The Return of Draw Egan (1916) Reading a book about the early history...
by Travis Mills | Jan 9, 2023 | Uncategorized
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 187: The Old Way (2023) There aren’t many good Westerns made these...
by Travis Mills | Jan 6, 2023 | Uncategorized
This is one of the best spaghetti Westerns I’ve seen, yet I still cannot warm to the Italian variation of the genre. What is admirable about The Great Silence is the stunning photography, taking full advantage of a snow-covered Italian landscape,...
