If you’ve never seen “The Artist” (which is best experienced in a theatre, with an audience), tonight’s your chance, as TCM continues with its annual celebration, “31 Days of Oscar.” “The Artist” was nominated for ten Academy Awards and won five, including those for Best Picture, Best Director (Michel Hazanavicius), Best Actor (Jean Dujardin) and Best Original Score (Ludovic Bource).

If you think you don’t like silent movies, give it a shot. At the very least, tune in for the first five minutes for the delirious “original” film that opens the piece. The only thing that would have made “The Artist” better is if they had made a separate feature of the opening! Fans of classic film music will delight in Bource’s spot-on impressions of Franz Waxman and Alfred Newman.

Of course, if none of that appeals to you, there’s always Uggie, the precocious terrier.

The fun begins at 8 ET, on Turner Classic Movies: TCM.