Beginners

Which film prominently features a dog named Cosmo who was cast because the director felt the dog had a million-year-old soul?

Is that Beginners?

It's Beginners.

Yes, because that's the same year as The Artist, and The Artist has Uggie, and Uggie ate Cosmo's lunch as far as dog movies that year.

but Beginners also has a cute dog that if I remember correctly has like subtitled dialogue

it's been a long time since I've seen Beginners I cannot remember that number 27 which film has the film debut of I swear actor Robert Aramayo

ooh so I'm guessing this is an aughts movie unless he's like a kid in something in the 90s I'm guessing it's also British

you're wrong on both counts

That's why I want to make stuff." Uh, and it reminds me of what filmmaker, designer Mike Mills, who...

He made the movie Beginners, he made the movie Thumbsucker.

He tries to just remember something that he loves.

Just try to rem- just try to soak in something that you currently just love so much, and it can be a piece of art, like just any kind of art.

For my money, it is the funniest performance of Ewan McGregor's career.

In 2010's Beginners, McGregor plays Oliver, a man dealing with the death of his father.

This is a movie most remembered for the late, great Christopher Plummer finally winning an Oscar.

McGregor is brilliant in it as well and should have received his first ever Oscar nom.

I love him.

For what? For Beginners.

And he was like old and he hadn't ever won before.

So was

My recommendation of the week, uh, is the new box set from Criterion of Mike Mills' last three films.

C'mon C'mon, 20th Century Women, and Beginners.

I re-watched Beginners.

Hadn't seen it since 2011, and, uh, I really liked it.

Um, it's n- it's not my favorite of his films.

Mm.

Looked absolutely incredible.

And, uh, but Beginners was one, because the other two are more recent and I, and I have them more floating in my brain when I think about his filmography, and Beginners is, is still a very good film.