Capital Celluloid 2018 - Day 226: Fri Aug 24

Mildred Pierce (Curtiz, 1945): BFI Southbank, NFT3, 8.45pm



This 4K revival is on an extended run at BFI Southbank from August 17th (full details here) and is part of the Joan Crawford season at the cinema (you can find all the films and events here).

Time Out review:
James Cain's novel of the treacherous life in Southern California that sets house-wife-turned waitress-turned-successful restauranteur (Joan Crawford) against her own daughter (Ann Blyth) in competition for the love of playboy Zachary Scott, is brought fastidiously and bleakly to life by Michael Curtiz' direction, Ernest Haller's camerawork, and Anton Grot's magnificent sets. Told in flashback from the moment of Scott's murder, the film is a chilling demonstration of the fact that, in a patriarchal society, when a woman steps outside the home the end result may be disastrous.

Phil
 Hardy

Here (and above) is the trailer.

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