Mike Mills

Sundance Institute Teams with Todd Oldham for Exclusive Line of Products; John Waters, Susan Sarandon and Parker Posey to Contribute Designs

Sundance Institute announced today that they will be teaming up with artist and designer Todd Oldham to produce a custom line of limited-edition recycled bags and wallets, as well as accessories and apparel, exclusively for the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.

The Best Dog Of The Year Performance: Arthur From 'Beginners'

The first in a line of many dog performances hit for us in March of this year at SXSW, but there’s been avid debate (for some reason) about which performance deserves some sort of award (or treat).

2011's Potential Oscar Nominees For Acting, Directing & Writing Get Together To Talk At THR's Awards Roundtable

One of the necessities for any Oscar candidate is to do a lot of smiling, gladhanding interviews where they answer the same questions over and over again. An antidote to this madness is the annual Hollywood Reporter Roundtable Interviews. They’re awesome. You take six leading Oscar potentials ...

Honor Roll 2011 | Mike Mills on "Beginners," a Love Letter to his Father

"As a filmmaker, I don't really believe in objectivity or fiction or documentary," "Beginners" director Mike Mills told Indiewire. "All those categories I find are more professional categories than real things. As a son of a man who pretended to be one thing for 33 years...

Mike Mills Says Winning Best Feature For 'Beginners' At Gotham Awards "Trippy, Weird Icing On The Cake"

Ewan McGregor & Mike Mills Talk The Sadness, Humor & Joy Of 'Beginners'

This article originally ran during the 54th Annual San Francisco International Film Festival in April, but is a great overview of Mike Mills' wonderful drama "Beginners" and is worth revisiting.

'Beginners' Star Mélanie Laurent Talks Working With Ewan McGregor, Mike Mills & A Hateful Dog

One of the purest delights of this year's South by Southwest Film Festival was stumbling into Mike Mills' "Beginners," not knowing anything about it (this writer hadn't even seen its artful trailer) and being blown away by its mix of humor, sadness, manageable meet-cute twee and romanticism.

The Importance Of Dogs To The Writing Process & More We Learned About Mike Mills' 'Beginners'

As big fans of music video veteran Mike Mills' debut feature "Thumbsucker," we've been keenly awaiting a sophomore film from the director ever since, and when that film, "Beginners," premiered at Toronto last year, the word was comfortingly strong. But even that didn't quite prepare us for the exper...

Review: Mike Mills' 'Beginners' Is A Wonderfully Attuned & Empathetic Look At Love, Life & Grief

The following is a reprint of our review that ran at the 2011 SXSW Film Festival.