Veda pierce biography of mahatma

Todd Haynes’s HBO miniseries adaptation of James M. Cain’s novel is one of the best pieces of TV drama in recent years.

Veda pierce biography of mahatma

(Kate Winslet won a Golden Globe for her performance in the title role.) In the fall issue of Film Quarterly, we published  “Sundays with Mildred,” Amelie Hastie’s in-depth article about the show. Continuing the discussion, what follows is a web-exclusive dialogue between Birkbeck, University of London Department of Psychosocial Studies lecturer AMBER JACOBS (who previously debated Black Swan with  Mark Fisher, also in the fall issue) and FQ editor ROB WHITE.

Mildred Pierce is available on DVD and Blu-ray from HBO Home Video: the dual-format Collector’s Edition with director commentaries is list-priced $, 4 discs. (Main photo: Andrew Schwartz. Courtesy of Home Box Office.)

SPOILER WARNING: This discussion assumes familiarity with Mildred Pierce and we recommend reading it only after having seen the miniseries.