At the beginning of Mike Mills' gorgeous new movie “C’mon C’mon” — part scripted drama, part documentary as the film’s actors interview real subjects — Johnny (Joaquin Phoenix) asks a teenage girl how ...

Mike Mills’ C’mon C’mon exists in a world that might have made sense in a screenplay but doesn’t translate to the screen. At its heart, it’s meant to be -- I believe -- an intimate and emotional ...

Mills and Hoffmann discuss what they learned from young actor Woody Norman and how Mills convinced Phoenix to play the main character. By Beatrice Verhoeven Awards Editor Mike Mills’ black-and-white ...

I went to Mike Mill's bungalow in L.A.'s Echo Park neighborhood to ask him about what I think is the most public radio movie ever. Long before I reached his house, I had my headphones on, my ...

If you’ve had the opportunity to meet Mike Mills, it’s pretty obvious he’s the sort of filmmaker who naturally makes his sets a joyful experience for everyone involved. His latest endeavor, “C’mon ...

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Joaquin Phoenix was deeply skeptical director Mike Mills would ever find a child actor talented enough to anchor his film “C’mon C’mon.” The tender-hearted story of a radio journalist named Johnny who ...

Mike Mills' two previous films, 'Beginners' and '20th Century Women,' were also semi-autobiographical; they resulted in a best supporting actor Oscar win for Christopher Plummer and a best original ...

Gregory Lawrence (aka Greg Smith) is a writer, director, performer, songwriter, and comedian. He's an associate editor for Collider and has written for Shudder, CBS, Paste Magazine, Guff, Smosh, Obsev ...

If Joaquin Phoenix had failed to turn up in an artfully dishevelled beard, director Mike Mills’s fourth feature would still easily qualify as his shaggiest to date. A hipster reworking of Uncle Buck ...

Tackling weighty themes and shot in classy monochrome, this coming-of-ager oozes prestige. But is it as deep as it seems? Steven Spielberg once said that if you over-rehearse child actors you risk a ...