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 ...

At the start of the fall TV season, HBO gave us the best new series of the year with Boardwalk Empire, which was set in the Prohibition era in Atlantic City, N.J. This Sunday, HBO launches an ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Sept. 28, 1945 “Mildred Pierce,” a film starring Joan Crawford, opens in New York. The actress spent part of her childhood in Kansas City and went on to win an Academy Award ...

Joan’s leading man: She plays a streetwise stenographer who meets a broke baron (played by John Barrymore), an accountant who ...

Mare Winningham has landed a major role in HBO's Mildred Pierce miniseries, says The Hollywood Reporter. The project stars Kate Winslet as the titular heroine, a woman who separates from her husband ...

Ready for the New Year? And the resolutions that can change the months ahead? This week, movies on television and cable also celebrate the potential of new commitments and aspirations. Check out ...