: Recent films like Nomadland and Minari have garnered critical acclaim by focusing on the complex, nuanced lives of older women.

When cinema fails to reflect the proper proportion of women in their 40s and 50s, it contributes to a culture that dismisses their relevance and autonomy. Seeing powerful, attractive, and competent older women on screen provides a "hope for what being older can be".

The industry used to present a stark binary: you were either a "young starlet" or a "wizened" matriarch. Today, projects are finally reflecting the reality that women in their 50s, 60s, and beyond are vibrant, sexual, and industriously pursuing new adventures.

The New Golden Age: Why Mature Women are Reclaiming the Screen

: Her Best Actress win at the Oscars marked a historic moment for mature Asian women in film.