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\\u201cWhat have you been watching?\\u201d \\u201cSee anything good lately?\\u201d are questions many of us routinely ask each other, especially during the pandemic. A trusted recommendation for a movie and, for some of us even better, a series with many seasons is cause to celebrate.\\xa0 How often, though, do you hear of a good movie or series about, for, or by older women? Not often. So when we heard about the film \\u201cLet Them All Talk\\u201d at the end of 2020, we asked book agent Malaga Baldi, Debbie Zimmerman who heads Women Make Movies and Emmy-nominated former TV producer and wellness and lifestyle coach Renata Joy to join us for a conversation about it and other films and series featuring older women. Two Old Bitches, Joanne and Idelisse, call them geriatric rom-coms. You know the ones we mean. \\u201cSomething\\u2019s Gotta Give,\\u201d(Diane Keaton), \\u201cIt\\u2019s Complicated\\u201d (Meryl Streep), \\u201cBook Club\\u201d (Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candace Bergen, Mary Steenburgen), \\u201cThe Best Exotic Marigold Hotel\\u201d (Judy Dench and Maggie Smith) and a number of others sprinkled over the past two decades. Too many of them are not very good. \\u201cWhy is that?\\u201d the five of us wondered. We have some answers and laughs we\\u2019d like to share with you, as well as a list of films and series we recommend.\\xa0 And, we enjoyed doing this so much that we plan to do it again.