This is an apt metaphor for Mildred Pierce, a book that delivers much more of a wicked kick than expected, especially if you’ve been raised on the saccharine pieties of the film.

Of all the classic noir writers, perhaps none has been as tarnished by the brush of genre as James M. Cain. That’s because Cain was not just a great hard-boiled novelist but a great novelist ...

When trimming a household budget, premium cable is an easy expense to cut. Hold on to your HBO, though. Its “Mildred Pierce” miniseries, premiering at 8 p.m. Sunday, is worth it. Kate W… ...

In 1941, Cain published his fourth novel, “Mildred Pierce,” a book that has such an aesthetic at its heart. The story of a divorcee in Depression-era Glendale, it was filmed in 1945 with Joan ...

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 ...

San Antonio native Joan Crawford won an Oscar for the movie “Mildred Pierce.” Britain's Kate Winslet seems destined to win an Emmy for the TV remake. The latter's performance as Depression-era ...

Part 3 of Mildred Pierce is just so restaurant-y. Advertisement In this, we get to see Mildred (Kate Winslet) take charge of her chicken-and-waffles (or veggies) restaurant, with pies.

A remarkable thing (and there are many) about the HBO miniseries "Mildred Pierce": The way it breathes.This five-part, five and a half hour adaptation of the 1941 James M. Cain novel is an ...

Facebook X Reddit Email Save “Mildred Pierce” is a masterpiece. I say that with some surprise, because I went into this five-part, limited-run HBO series skeptical of the channel’s ...

‘Mildred Pierce – don’t ever tell anyone what she did.” And Kate Winslet didn’t want to know. That was the promotional line for the 1945 film starring Joan Crawford in… ...