Marilyn Monroe would have turned 100 this year. So when Maggie Gyllenhaal was approached to make a movie about her, she asked for a weekend to daydream about what that milestone might look like. What came back was “Flesh Impact,” a 17-minute short that hands the most consumed movie star of the 20th century something
In just two directing efforts, Karlovy Vary Film Festival honoree Maggie Gyllenhaal managed to subvert more than 100 years of cinematic female stereotypes: “The Lost Daughter” acknowledged the darker aspects of motherhood and what is expected of women, while “The Bride” gave Frankenstein’s Bride agency and autonomy. Gyllenhaal received the President’s Award on Friday at
