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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2010: Mike Mills’ Beginners

We interviewed Michel Gondry’s American cousin back in 05′ (I make the comparison because the two have that insatiable appetite to create and use a more experimental approach), so it’s been a long, painful wait for fans of Thumbsucker. I see elements of Magnolia + Gods and Monsters in the story-line and then you add the Mill’s visual style and how he works with his actors and you’ve got what sounds like a great cocktail.

IONCINEMA.com Top 100 Films

#31. Beginners

Director/Writer: Mike Mills
Producers: Miranda de Pencier, Lars Knudsen, Leslie Urdang, Dean Vanech and Jay Van Hoy
Distributor: Rights Available.

Mike Mills Set Pic Beginners

Photo Exclusive: Mike Mills with Cosmo who plays “Arthur” in BEGINNERS.

The Gist: Ewan McGregor play a young man rocked by two announcements from his elderly father (Christopher Plummer)…one, that he has terminal cancer, and two, that he’s coming out of the closet…(more)

Cast: Mélanie Laurent, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer and Goran Visnjic

Why is it on the list?: We interviewed Michel Gondry’s American cousin back in 05′ (I make the comparison because the two have that insatiable appetite to create and use a more experimental approach), so it’s been a long, painful wait for fans of Thumbsucker. I see elements of Magnolia + Gods and Monsters in the story-line and then you add the Mill’s visual style and how he works with his actors and you’ve got what sounds like a great cocktail. 

Release Date/Status?: Now in post-production, this seems poised for the red carpets in Venice and TIFF.

 
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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).

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