As the opening credits begin in “Cobweb,” eagle-eyed audience members might notice the appearance of the Point Grey production company. This is the company formed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, a studio known for its smart, incredibly popular comedy films and TV series. Wait, “Cobweb” is a dark horror film, right? Yes, yes it is. This is your first clue that Samuel Bodin’s directorial debut is anything but your typical haunted house film.

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At the risk of being a little gauche and starting a piece quoting your own review, to paraphrase myself regardless, with A24’s lovely black and white comedic drama “C’mon C’mon,” filmmaker Mike Mills “solidifies his position as one of our greatest cinematic humanists, filmmaking empaths, and chroniclers of emotive struggle.” It’s that good, that probing of the human condition, and deeply soulful, melancholy, funny, and affecting in the way all Mills films are.

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Great acting was everywhere in 2021. While we received the usual assortment of great performances in festival standouts and end-of-year awards contenders, we also found inspired performances in big-budget multiplex movies and no-budget horror.

READ MORE: The 25 Best Films Of 2021

We cast a wide net for our list of the Best Film Performances of 2021. Every list has its omissions – no doubt some of your favorite roles just missed appearing on here – but if you wanted to see the full range of modern cinematic acting, you could do a lot worse than starting with the actors we’ve assembled.

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Joaquin Phoenix can certainly be mercurial, cagey, and unpredictable in real life, depending on his mood and the kinds of questions you throw at him, but he’s also as affable and playful. His director Mike Mills (“Beginners,” “20th Century Women”) the filmmaker behind the new lovely drama, “C’mon C’mon” has even described him as a “sweetheart,” and that’s pretty apt for the character he plays in Mills’ movie, a radio journalist, who is unexpectedly thrown together with his young nephew, Jesse (tremendous newcomer Woody Norman, read our interview here) when his sister (Gaby Hoffmann) has to attend to her husband (Scott McNairy) with mental health issues.

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Lots of British actors are good at American accents. Many American actors are good at British accents. And, of course, there are just as many whose attempts are simply cringeworthy. One of the shocking aspects for many viewers of Mike Mills’ critically acclaimed new drama “C’Mon C’Mon” is that Woody Norman, who plays the nephew of Joaquin Phoenix in the picture, is actually British. His accent and demeanor scream Brooklyn or Silverlake raised tween.

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Five years have passed since Mike Mills‘ last terrific film, “20th Century Women,” had its world premiere at the 2016 New York Film Festival. Mills returns this year with his new family drama “C’mon C’mon,” and given its lead actor and very rapturous reception at the very recent Telluride Film Festival (read our review here), it’s bound to be one of the most anticipated films of the year.

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Having already excavated his personal experiences to tell intimate, insightful, and emotionally translucent stories about fathers and sons (“Beginners”), matriarchs raising boys (“20th Century Women”), and the way we’re all amateurs fumbling through life, sensitively attuned writer/director Mike Mills turns his tender filmmaking gaze towards children and the adult/child relationship in his latest film, the sublime “Cmon Cmon.” It’s yet another perceptive, impeccably crafted winner in an informal trilogy about family, what makes us human, and how people struggle every day to do their best amidst the many challenges and pains of life.

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After not hearing too much about the film except the cast and filmmaker involved, with today’s NYFF Spotlight announcement, we got our first real look at “C’mon C’mon,” including a new image and a detailed synopsis of the feature.

READ MORE: NYFF 2021 Adds ‘Dune,’ ‘French Dispatch’ & Mike Mills’ ‘C’mon, Cmon’ With Joaquin Phoenix & More

For those that haven’t been following along, a lot of buzz surrounds the new film from Mike Mills.

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