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 pantry and ...

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 for ...

Melodrama is a loaded word, conjuring silent-film villains tying pigtailed girls to railroad tracks. Or black-and-white "weepies" whose music crescendoes as Bette Davis or Greta Garbo face The Worst ...

The Emmy winner talks about what's changed since her last HBO limited series, including getting hands-on as an executive producer. Kate Winslet, the seven-time Academy Award nominee and Commander of ...

scored a magnificent coup with his adaptation of James M. Cain’s "Mildred Pierce," a 1941 novel that was made into a noirish 1945 melodrama for which Joan Crawford won an Oscar. Haynes and his ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kate Winslet, the seven-time Academy Award nominee and Commander of the Order of the British Empire, is pulling her left leg out ...

Who else but HBO would have the audacity to commission a five-part, nearly-six-hour version of James M. Cain's period melodrama? This is, in short, not your grandma’s “Mildred,” though the fundamental ...

A decade later, Todd Haynes’ five-part adaptation is still among HBO’s best, thanks in part to some exquisitely designed kitchen moments. For me, the moment when “Mildred Pierce” really comes alive is ...

Who else but HBO would have the audacity to commission a five-part, nearly-six-hour version of James M. Cain's period melodrama? Those expecting a rehash of the 1945 Joan Crawford vehicle will need an ...

Read up on the latest Mildred Pierce News, Reviews and Features from the team at Collider. A fight for peace, but a heart at war. As Evan Peters once said, “Thank you Kate Winslet, for being Kate ...