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The Trend This Oscar Season: Women Reclaiming Their Sexuality
The Hollywood ReporterStory by Lexy Perez
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As Hollywood's leading ladies defy the industry's obsession with youth and sexuality, a new wave of films explores the complexities of aging gracefully in the spotlight.
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- Veteran actresses like Pamela Anderson, Demi Moore, and Nicole Kidman are playing complex, multidimensional roles that challenge the narrow confines of older female characters in Hollywood.
- These films, made by mostly female filmmakers, are serving as a post-#MeToo statement, humanizing the struggles of women navigating the sexual politics of an industry that prizes youth and desirability above all else.
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Shelly Gardner, Pamela Anderson, Gia Coppola, Jason Schwartzman, Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Nicole Kidman, Harris Dickinson, Angelina Jolie, Pablo Larraín, Amy Adams, Marielle Heller, Mikey Madison, Razzle Dazzle, The Substance, The Last Showgirl, Babygirl, Nightbitch, Maria, The Last Showgirl, The Substance, Babygirl, Nightbitch, Maria, Unfaithful, Anora