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Top of the Lake (Sundance Channel, 2013)Ĭinema’s loss was television’s gain in the 2010s, as studios’ intellectual-property arms race and an explosion in original programming brought such big-name filmmakers as David Lynch, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Gina Prince-Bythewood, the Wachowskis, Spike Lee and Lisa Cholodenko (whose HBO miniseries Olive Kitteridge narrowly missed my top 10) to the small screen. His humane take on Mildred made the case that no story is too sacred to retell, as long as you come to it with a fresh point of view.
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( Evan Rachel Wood is a hoot as Mildred’s daughter Veda, a spoiled brat for the ages.) Haynes’ approach played to his strengths as a filmmaker, delving deep into the psychology of his distinctive female characters and drawing out the vintage glamor in even the dingiest domestic scenes. Kate Winslet won an Emmy for her turn as a more sympathetic incarnation of Mildred, a smart, steely, resourceful 1930s housewife who kicks out her lousy husband and goes on to become a successful restaurateur, using her estimable culinary talents to support her kids.
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But director Todd Haynes ( Carol, Far From Heaven) rose to the challenge with this miniseries, which is more character study than thriller. Michael Curtiz’s 1945 film is a noir classic, driven by an iconic-and gloriously campy-lead performance from Joan Crawford. It takes audacity to attempt a new adaptation of James M.