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Mildred Pierce is a somewhat reckless mixture of film noir and soap opera. It opens with a murder and then proceeds to run on revelations and betrayals and wild swings of fortune. Yet the high-wire act works, largely because Mildred Pierce has the right trapeze artist dangling in the air. Read More.
Nov 28, 2021 · For me, the moment when “Mildred Pierce” really comes alive is when Mildred, after a shift as a waitress, takes stock of the kitchen. Changed back into her regular clothes, she surveys the ...
Mar 25, 2011 · March 25, 2011. I initially wasn’t going to write at all about HBO’s “Mildred Pierce,” the five-part, three-week Depression era miniseries starring Kate Winslet, Guy Pearce and Evan Rachel ...
Mar 20, 2011 · Mildred Pierce HBO Production: Filmed in New York by Killer Films and John Wells Prods., and presented in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Executive producers, Christine Vachon, Pamela ...
Mar 25, 2009 · Michael Curtiz’s brilliant noir melodrama Mildred Pierce, based on James Cain’s novella, tells the story of the rise to wealth of an independent “career” woman, Mildred Pierce. Though not the first choice, Joan Crawford (who won an Oscar), is perfectly cast as the tough woman who parts from her husband and opens a chain of successful ...
Mar 25, 2011 · Mildred Pierce. By Peter Travers. March 25, 2011. What can you say in a few words about a five-hour HBO miniseries adapted from James M. Cain’s landmark 1941 novel that follows the rise and fall ...
Aug 15, 2022 · Review. In the tradition of “Chinatown” and “The Maltese Falcon,” “Mildred Pierce” is a twisting and turning Film Noir that leaves you guessing right up to the end. “Mildred Pierce” is the story of a young mother, Mildred (Joan Crawford), whose only daughter, Veda (Ann Blyth), is so spoiled that she often forgoes her own ...
