Like many film school graduates, I know the name Mildred Pierce because of the 1945 screen adaptation of Joseph M. Cain’s novel, starring Joan Crawford. Understanding the film’s place in cinema ...

HBO's new miniseries Mildred Pierce, launching tonight, shares a title with the 1945 film that won Joan Crawford her only Oscar and is based on the same James M. Cain novel. But what director Todd ...

A remarkable thing (and there are many) about the HBO miniseries “Mildred Pierce”: The way it breathes. This five-part, 5 1/2-hour adaptation of the 1941 James M. Cain novel is an unhurried period ...

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 ...

Fans of period dramas have been buzzing about this HBO miniseries featuring Guy Pearce, which viewers can't seem to get ...

Redlands’ A.K. Smiley Public Library will continue its Southern California in Film series Saturday, Sept. 20, with a screening of the 1945 film “Mildred Pierce.” The unrated film will be shown 2 p.m.

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 ...

HBO is famous for taking great pride in its groundbreaking series – The Sopranos, Six Feet Under, Sex and the City, Boardwalk Empire. As the cable network puts it – it’s not television, it’s HBO. So ...

Kate Winslet has been lined up to star in a miniseries adaptation of James M. Cain's Mildred Pierce, reports Variety. The Oscar winner's latest project is expected to be picked up by HBO, but no deal ...

There just aren't many noir films being made today. Sure, Quentin Tarantino borrows heavily from the genre and some films incorporate an occasional throwback reference, but overall, the heavy−handed ...

Film Noir is a universe based around mystery, the femme fatale, and the detective. Sex, lies and murder is the seductive tone that created the visually stimulating art form of cinema that began in the ...