For me, the moment when “Mildred Pierce” really comes alive is when Mildred, after a shift as a waitress, takes stock of the kitchen. Changed back into her regular clothes, she surveys the pantry and ...

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 ...

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 ...

August 29, 2024 - Mildred Pierce has built a California restaurant empire from scratch during the Great Depression. Lately, though, she's been more interested in financing her daughter's opera career ...

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Erick Massoto is a Brazilian writer who's always loved film and TV and loves finding connections between them. That's why he supports double features, especially if they are of a modern film paired ...