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‘20th Century Women’ is writer-director Mike Mills’ ode to the women in his life - Los Angeles Times

In writing “20th Century Women,” Mike Mills based the characters on the women in his life growing up. “The women I grew up with were very strong, unique people,” he says. read more

How Mike Mills Made 20th Century Women One of the Best Movies of the Year

If you buy something using links in our stories, we may earn a commission. Learn more. Not too long ago, the writer and director Mike Mills lost his smartphone. Timing-wise, it was not ideal: The ... read more

After “Beginners,” Mike Mills Returns with the Exceptional “20th Century Women” - W Magazine

The first film that made a big impression on Mike Mills, 50, the writer and director of 20th Century Women (in theaters December 21) was 8½.Like that Federico Fellini masterpiece, 20th Century ... read more

Director Mike Mills' '20th Century Women' Explores the 'Beginning of Now'

Mike Mills's new film, 20th Century Women, is about many things—skateboarding, Talking Heads, the confusion and loneliness of being a teenager, Susan Sontag, feminism, Jimmy Carter's crisis of ... read more

'20th Century Women' Director Mike Mills On Honing Personal Material - Deadline

After directing Christopher Plummer to an Oscar with his last film, Beginners, writer/director Mike Mills is back with an equally personal project, 20th Century Women, turning the lens on his ... read more

Filmmaker Mike Mills Talks ‘20th Century Women’

Mike Mills Courtesy Photo. Writer/director Mike Mills’s 20th Century Women is his second film to mine the mysteries of his parents.Beginners, released in 2011, was based on the story of Mike’s father, ... read more

Mike Mills’s ‘20th Century Women’ is ‘very long thank-you note’ to his late mother

In the film “20th Century Women,” Lucas Jade Zumann and Annette Bening stand in as 1979 riffs on director Mike Mills and his mother. (Gunther Gampine/A24) ... read more

'20th Century Women' Mixes Comedy With Disappointment And Loss

DAVE DAVIES, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. "20th Century Women" is the new movie by Mike Mills, whose previous film, "Beginners," won Christopher Plummer an Academy Award. read more

Director Mike Mills' New Film Is '20th Century Women' - NPR

Mike Mills wrote and directed a movie inspired by the life of his father who, at age 75, came out as gay. Morning Edition's Rachel Martin talks to Mills about his new movie, 20th Century Women. read more

'20th Century Women' Director Mike Mills on Drawing from Real Life - Variety

If “Beginners” was a love letter from Mike Mills to his father, “20th Century Women” is a love letter to his mother. So the writer/director said at a recent Los Angeles screening of the ... read more