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Michelle Pfeiffer I Don t Need to Look Younger
The brilliant hit-making beauty is back and could be an Oscar contender
Oscar nominee Michelle Pfeiffer says that at this stage of her career, "the roles have only gotten more interesting." NEIL HALL/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock as a $350 million franchise. Playing Eve throwing shade at Jennifer Lawrence in the Garden of Eden allegory Mother!, she earned A-plus reviews in a baffling flick that got an F on Cinemascore. And her illustrious past gets a spotlight April 19 in New York at the Tribeca Film Festival's 35th-anniversary tribute to Scarface, where she’ll join a panel discussion with costar , 77. Get instant access to members-only products and hundreds of discounts, a free second membership, and a subscription to AARP the Magazine. First, however, comes the Sundance Film Festival smash Where Is Kyra?, her best shot at an Oscar in at least 16 years (since her last great performance, as a murderous mom in 2002’s White Oleander). In the film opening this month, she plays a divorcee who goes broke when her disabled mother, for whom she is a loving caretaker, passes away. She can’t find a job because, as she says, “I’m no spring chicken.” Then she meets a troubled cabbie (Kiefer Sutherland, 51), and her destitution spirals out of control. It’s relentlessly downbeat but daringly glamour-free and artistically dazzling, and director Andrew Dosunmu says the film exists to remedy “the invisibility of the elderly and the disenfranchised.” In "Where Is Kyra?" Pfeiffer plays a divorcee who goes broke when her disabled mother, for whom she is a loving caretaker, passes away. Paladin/Great Point Media or Ellen Burstyn. The older we get, the less we work. But look at the work just those two women are doing. It gets deeper.” Flowers & Gifts 25% off sitewide and 30% off select items See more Flowers & Gifts offers > Pfeiffer said this in 2002, right when she was about to put her acting career on hold. Since then, Dench, 83, and Burstyn, 85, have made over 100 projects grossing over $4 billion and earned four Oscar nominations (most recently Dench's Philomena) and eight Emmy nominations (including Burstyn's House of Cards and Dench's Cranford) between them. Now, with her kids launched, she said, “I can’t see myself ever retiring. Ever. I just realized I’m not done. I have a lot more to do, and a lot more to say.” More on entertainment AARP NEWSLETTERS %{ newsLetterPromoText }% %{ description }% Subscribe AARP VALUE & MEMBER BENEFITS See more Health & Wellness offers > See more Flights & Vacation Packages offers > See more Finances offers > See more Health & Wellness offers > SAVE MONEY WITH THESE LIMITED-TIME OFFERS