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The most radical thing about this new wave of cinema is the subject matter. We are finally seeing the taboo topics of older women's lives on screen.
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Mare of Easttown (Kate Winslet, 48 at the time) showed a detective who was tired, ate cheesesteaks, didn't wear makeup, and walked with a limp. Winslet refused to airbrush her "mom belly" out of the sex scenes. This realism is a rebellion against the plastic, filtered aesthetic of Instagram. Mature women in cinema are finally allowed to look tired, because they are tired.
The most radical thing about this new wave of cinema is the subject matter. We are finally seeing the taboo topics of older women's lives on screen.
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Mare of Easttown (Kate Winslet, 48 at the time) showed a detective who was tired, ate cheesesteaks, didn't wear makeup, and walked with a limp. Winslet refused to airbrush her "mom belly" out of the sex scenes. This realism is a rebellion against the plastic, filtered aesthetic of Instagram. Mature women in cinema are finally allowed to look tired, because they are tired.