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
The 31st Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) has unveiled a guest lineup headlined by Isabelle Huppert, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Kore-eda Hirokazu, Fan Bingbing and Michelle Yeoh. Huppert brings her latest film, “All About Corinne,” to Busan audiences. Gyllenhaal makes her first visit to Korea with “Flesh Impact,” a project created to mark the centenary of Marilyn
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
It’s sourdough bread and pine trees for Jake Gyllenhaal and Jamie Lee Curtis. The two stars talk about their time together during the Covid-19 pandemic, telling People that the actor, who is Lee’s godson, and his girlfriend Jeanne Cadieu, lived next door to Curtis. Curtis, who won the Oscar for best supporting actress at the
