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 ...

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 ...

Who else but HBO would have the audacity to commission a five-part, nearly-six-hour version of James M. Cain's period melodrama? Those expecting a rehash of the 1945 Joan Crawford vehicle will need an ...

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 ...

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 ...

Read up on the latest Mildred Pierce News, Reviews and Features from the team at Collider. A fight for peace, but a heart at war. As Evan Peters once said, “Thank you Kate Winslet, for being Kate ...