Look at The Favourite (Olivia Colman, again). Women in their 50s and 60s scheming, cursing, and lusting for power in a way that would make Succession blush.
We still see the "age gap" problem where 55-year-old male leads are paired with 30-year-old actresses. We still have a shortage of female directors over 60 (the system spits them out before they reach their peak). And we still have a bias in action cinema—whereas men get John Wick at 60, women get a "kickboxing yoga instructor" cameo. Milfty 25 01 01 Lola Pearl And Ivy Ireland XXX ...
But something cracked the algorithm. The rise of Peak TV and the global appetite for international cinema (thanks, Parasite and Anatomy of a Fall ) proved that audiences want texture . They want mileage. They want faces that have actually lived. Let’s name the matriarchs. Look at The Favourite (Olivia Colman, again)
But if you have been paying attention to the last five years of cinema, you know the myth is dead. We still have a shortage of female directors