Actor Brian F. O'Byrne (1967)

Mildred Pierce (2011), a period drama miniseries on HBO created by Todd Haynes, is based on James M. Cain’s 1941 novel of the same name. The show centers around Mildred, a divorced woman struggling to open a restaurant during the Great Depression while also dealing with her self-absorbed daughter. This adaptation follows the original 1945 film noir featuring Joan Crawford and is accompanied by an original score from Carter Burwell. Airing from March 27 to April 10, ...

Clint Eastwood directs, co-produces, scores, and stars in the American sports drama Million Dollar Baby (2004). Written by Paul Haggis and based on stories from F.X. Toole’s Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner, this film follows the journey of Margaret ‘Maggie’ Fitzgerald, a waitress from the Ozarks who seeks out the guidance of Frankie Dunn, a cantankerous Irish-American trainer at his rundown boxing gym in Los Angeles. Despite initially refusing to train her due to both her gender and ...

Bandits (2001), directed by Barry Levinson and written by Harley Peyton, is an American crime comedy-drama film. Two friends and convicts, Joe and Terry, escape from Oregon State Penitentiary in a concrete mixing truck to embark on a bank robbing spree in pursuit of their shared dream. They become notorious as the ‘Sleepover Bandits’ due to their unique approach: they abduct the bank manager the night before the heist and spend the evening with their victim’s family. The next morning, they accompany the manager to the bank to retrieve their stolen funds. ...