The marriage that opens ‘Mildred Pierce’ is one that nobody wants to ... But it’s not the external spaces that are the focus: it’s Mildred’s misery. We see her again and again in ...

The Mildred Pierce who was created by James M. Cain in his 1941 novel was an ambitious lower-middle-class woman whose husband left her, whose daughter Veda felt contempt for her, and who ...

TV REVIEW: HBO’s miniseries of the classic trades noir for melodrama. By Tim Goodman Kate Winslet as Mildred Pierce is seduced by rich slacker Monty, played by Guy Pearce. Everything was aligned ...

In Ann Blyth's opinion, her character Veda Pierce in the film noir classic "Mildred Pierce" (1945) isn't a misunderstood young woman. As the femme fatale who leads her poor mother (played by Joan ...

Single mom Kate Winslet deals with haughty daughter Evan Rachel Wood in Todd Haynes' five-part miniseries, beginning Sunday. By Tim Goodman Everything was aligned for HBO and director Todd Haynes ...

The 1945 film version of "Mildred Pierce" features one of the most iconic ... does take place during the Depression and there's such a focus on class and money. It just gets to her in this way ...

“When you’re playing Mildred Pierce and you know that someone utterly ... “Because it does take place during the Depression, there is such a focus on class and money that she obsesses ...

See About archive blog posts. If part of the frustration with ‘Mildred Pierce’ is that it’s too slow, it may be that we’ve been strangely conditioned for story arcs to take place in a ...

Mildred Pierce: Dramatic miniseries. Parts 1 and 2, 9 p.m. Sun. Part 3, 9 p.m. April 3. Parts 4 and 5, 9 p.m. April 10, with encore broadcasts, on HBO. HBO's new ...

"Mildred Pierce" is a masterpiece. I say that with some surprise, because I went into this five-part, limited-run HBO series skeptical of the channel's motivation for making it (Period costumes!

Which is why the opening minutes of Mildred Pierce (Saturday ... left the room and the camera zoomed through an open window to focus on the back of Veda’s precocious little head.