father-and-son

How Mike Mills Made a Great Movie About Fatherhood by Focusing on an Uncle

‘C’mon C’mon’ follows a middle-aged bachelor as he’s forced to take care of his nephew. The Oscar-nominated filmmaker talks to MEL about why he’s okay with all of his movies ending up being about family — although sometimes even he hates how much of a double Pisces he is

How to Convince Your Dad to Go to Therapy

He says counseling is for wimps. Help?

The Very Metal Ballad of Billy Mays III

Under his nomme de Bandcamp, Infinite Third, the son of the late, great television pitchman is shredding his way to his own legacy

Kung-Fu Badass Shang-Chi Fears Nothing — Except Becoming His Dad

Marvel’s latest isn’t very good, but it does touch on a universal sentiment: We love our dads, even though (or perhaps because) they did a number on us