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The defining shift is the camera's focus. In the past, a close-up on an older actress's face was an act of pity or a reveal of makeup. Now, directors like Greta Gerwig and Rian Johnson let actresses like Jodie Foster ( Nyad ) or Toni Collette simply be . Scars, wrinkles, sunspots—these are the cartography of a life lived, not flaws to be airbrushed.

Modern scripts are moving away from "aging gracefully" and toward "living loudly."

To appreciate the revolution, one must understand the reign of the archetype. In classical and New Hollywood cinema, mature women were confined to three narrow boxes: the doting grandmother, the wise but asexual mentor, or the hysterical antagonist (think Faye Dunaway’s Joan Crawford in Mommie Dearest ).