Mildred Pierce depicts an overprotective, self-sacrificing mother during the Great Depression who finds herself separated from her husband, opening a restaurant of her own and falling in love with a ...
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 ...
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 ...