Maggie Gyllenhaal

American actress, singer and filmmaker (born 1977)

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There’s a systemic problem. It’s much harder for women to get their films financed,
  • said director Maggie Gyllenhaal, the jury president for this year’s festival
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Could it be possible that the things that women, having had a different experience of being alive in the world, want to make movies about are not always deemed high art
Venice has always supported truthful, singular voices and I am honored to play a part in continuing that brave and necessary tradition,
I am thrilled to accept the invitation to lead this ​year's Venice Film Festival jury,
Both Jessie and I … we’re interested in the edges of what we know about ourselves, and the edges of what we know about ourselves in relation to the world and really getting into a place where we can learn something,
Ideally, to see a film like ours, which does dare you to think differently, does dare to let some of the monster inside of you up to the surface, does sort of say, hey, have you ever felt love that looks like this instead of what they tell you it’s supposed to look like? To do that in a room with other people? That really turns me on,

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Kate Middleton dazzles alongside Hollywood stars Kate Hudson and Emma Stone at the 2026 BAFTAs

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As if there weren’t already enough showstopping outfits at London Fashion Week this weekend, the coinciding 79th British Academy Film Awards on Sunday offered another stage for brands to showcase their designs as Hollywood A-listers including Timothée Chalamet, Teyana Taylor, Chase Infiniti, Ethan Hawke and Kirsten Dunst descended on the city’s Royal Festival Hall for the UK’s glitziest film awards ceremony

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If I Had Legs I’d Kick You — Rose Byrne leads Lynchian take on motherhood

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Rose Byrne delivers a barnstormer as Linda, a psychotherapist whose husband is away, leaving her to deal with a sick infant daughter whose face is not shown until the very end, indicating perhaps the way in which the little girl’s identity is simply that of a gigantically blank all-pervasive problem to be managed

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