BlogHide Resteemstravisfilmmaker (65)in movies • 2 days agoSWINGS AND MISSES: My Baseball Movie BombIt was my fourth feature. It was also the first time I had an actual investor on one of my movies instead of getting donations from family and friends (which we still did for half the budget through…travisfilmmaker (65)in movies • 2 days agoSWINGS AND MISSES: My Baseball Movie BombIt was my fourth feature. It was also the first time I had an actual investor on one of my movies instead of getting donations from family and friends (which we still did for half the budget through…travisfilmmaker (65)in movies • 7 days agoCIVIL WAR: What is the Point of War Photography and This Movie?SPOILER ALERT if you haven’t seen the movie yet At one point in this year’s hit movie CIVIL WAR, Kirsten Dunst confesses that her original ambitions to deter war by portraying the horrors of…travisfilmmaker (65)in movies • 12 days agoMovie Reviews: 8 Mile and Weird: The Al Yankovic StoryThis week focuses on two very different musical “biopics”. 8 MILE (2002) Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars I never saw this quasi-biopic back in the day but with Curtis Hanson’s name on it, I…travisfilmmaker (65)in movies • 15 days agoVIRTUAL DRIVING: A Terrible Trend in Today’s MoviesLast year, a new Pierce Brosnan movie titled FAST CHARLIE was touted as one of his best in a long while. I watched it, underwhelmed by all aspects of the movie, but what bothered me most were the…travisfilmmaker (65)in movies • 20 days agoWestern Movie Review: PURSUED (1947)PURSUED (1947) Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Stars I don’t subscribe to the school of thought that Raoul Walsh was as good or better than John Ford and Howard Hawks. He made some memorable crime films…travisfilmmaker (65)in movies • 22 days agoJeremy Saulnier and the Slow Decline of Filmmakers I LoveIt has not been an easy ten years for me as a cinephile. Forget the flood of reboots and remakes that have replaced most original content in movie theaters, the death of the mid-range dramatic film…travisfilmmaker (65)in movies • 27 days agoMovie Reviews: Three Documentaries by the Late, Great Bertrand TavernierThis week focuses on three documentaries by one of my favorite French filmmakers, the late great Bertrand Tavernier. MISSISSIPPI BLUES (1984) Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars What surprised me most…travisfilmmaker (65)in movies • 29 days agoHow Amazon Prime Changed and How That Effects Independent FilmmakersBack in 2018, I released my indie Western BLOOD COUNTRY on Amazon Prime Video and within a few pay cycles it earned enough revenue to pay back all investors on the film. At the time, Amazon was gold…travisfilmmaker (65)in movies • last monthMovie Reviews: Three Action Films Starring Aaron EckhartAaron Eckhart recently wrapped filming on a screenplay I wrote, THIEVES HIGHWAY. Since he was in production on my script, I decided to watch and review three of his most recent action films.…travisfilmmaker (65)in movies • last month“Let’s Watch a Space Movie”The recent release of ALIEN: ROMULUS reminded me of a defining moment in my childhood and development as a film director: One afternoon in the Comoros Islands (a place where I spent six years…travisfilmmaker (65)in movies • last monthMovie Reviews: TWISTERS and TRAPTWISTERS (2024) Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Stars Worth seeing on the big screen more than any other film I’ve seen so far in theaters this year, TWISTERS is both a good time at the movies and a…travisfilmmaker (65)in writing • 2 months agoON WRITING: “You’re a good writer, not a great writer.”“You’re a good writer, not a great writer.” That’s what a trusted friend and collaborator told me a couple of years ago. It happened during lunch after I asked if I should pursue writing this…travisfilmmaker (65)in movies • 2 months agoI'M NOT THE HEROThe following is an excerpt from a book I am writing about my years as an independent filmmaker We all think we are and we always will be in our own imaginations but we’re not all cut out to…travisfilmmaker (65)in movies • 3 months agoMovie Review: LONGLEGS (2024)As I walked out of the theater, I breathed a sigh of relief, not that I was out of the dark, demented world of LONGLEGS but that the movie actually lived up to its hype. That's a rare thing these…travisfilmmaker (65)in movies • 3 months agoTHE BEST THING MY MOM EVER SAID TO METhe following is an excerpt from a book I am writing about my years as an independent filmmaker I’d just wrapped production on my first feature film, THE BIG SOMETHING, with a big (at least in…travisfilmmaker (65)in movies • 3 months agoClint Eastwood Learned to be an Actor in the 1980sClint was a movie star before he was an actor. There is a difference. Very few actors are movie stars and some movie stars aren’t actors. Yes, they can all act but anyone who can be comfortable as…travisfilmmaker (65)in movies • 3 months agoHORIZON: Three Reasons We All Need to See it on the Big ScreenKevin Costner's HORIZON comes out this weekend and we all need to go see it in the theater. Why? Here are three reasons: WE NEED MORE WESTERNS. Everyone says that Westerns are finally back.…travisfilmmaker (65)in movies • 3 months ago"YOU'RE A FOOL"That’s what he said to me over the phone when I told him I was going to make my first feature film for 20,000 dollars. He was a professor at Scottsdale Community College’s film school and also a…travisfilmmaker (65)in movies • 5 months agoUNBREAKABLE: How M. Night Shyamalan’s Career Survived Flops and Stood the Test of TimeThere aren’t many working filmmakers I admire these days more than M. Night Shyamalan. He came on the scene in the late 90s with the surprise smash hit THE SIXTH SENSE. To most filmgoers, it was his…
