Big Screen Classics
MILDRED PIERCE
Directed by Michael Curtiz
USA, 1945, 1h 51min, 35mm
AFS Cinema
6406 N I-35 Suite 3100 Austin, TX 78752
Pricing
$14 evening / $11.50 matinee (available M-F for shows before 5 PM)
$4 discounts for AFS MAKE & WATCH members. Free for LOVE & Impact Circle members.
Discounts for AISD educators and local high school & college students are available at the box office with a valid school ID.
Accessibility
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“Michael Curtiz’s darkest and saddest film.”
—Film Comment
“An acute, unsparing study of relationships poisoned by class and money.”
—The Criterion Collection
“Utterly gripping.”
—The Guardian
Joan Crawford’s career seemed to be at an end in 1945. But her will to survive was mirrored in her next part, the title role in this film, one of her career milestones. She plays a devoted mother who stands by her daughter through everything, including murder. This is peak Hollywood melodrama. In 35mm.
