Let me tell you a story: Once upon a time there was a bear who didn’t know she was a bear. Her name was Mildred and she loved Fig Newtons, orange soda, and picnics in the woods around her western ...

Todd Haynes’ five-part HBO miniseries “Mildred Pierce” is not just great television, it’s a revelation. Wresting James M. Cain’s original story of ambition and maternal morality from the camp-classic ...

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 ...

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 to ...

The HBO five-part miniseries Mildred Pierce, directed by independent filmmaker Todd Haynes and based on the 1941 novel by American author James M. Cain (1892-1977), is a serious and commendable effort ...

Hear ye, hear ye: The first meeting of The “Mildred Pierce” club is in session. Although I’ll offer general observations about filmmaker Todd Haynes’ version of James M. Cain’s book, which debuted ...

The 1945 movie Mildred Pierce starred Joan Crawford as an ambitious woman capable of anything — even murder. But it turns out that this film noir was quite a departure from the novel it was based on.