So, with the sun resolutely shining, it seems fitting to be celebrating Anora—a film that’s all about grit and the refusal to be beaten. At no point in Anora does Madison’s central character ...

For Baker, it’s controlled chaos. The impact of “Anora” relies upon the efficacy, and appeal, of a frantic, discombobulating narrative in which the film’s namesake sex worker (played by ...

We're into the final month of the awards season, ending with the Academy Awards on March 2, and Baker's film Anora has a grand total of six nominations. It's still my frontrunner for Best Picture ...

Hollywood loves its Russian heavies. From “Rocky IV” to “John Wick,” they’re stock characters who don’t require much more than an accent to add menace. Yura Borisov is all too familiar ...

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The themes of Coralie Fargeat’s “The Substance” overlap with those of Baker’s film but approach them from a different direction. In it, Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) chooses to literally ...

The Tasmanian devil who screamed, thrashed and hellcatted her way through “Anora” as Ani, a sex worker caught up in a terrifying but also funny adventure of Russian billionaires and Armenian ...

EXCLUSIVE: Sean Baker’s latest Anora has won Best Picture at this year’s Online Film Critics Society Awards. Scroll down for the full list of winners. Anora also won Best Actress for star ...

And when it comes to love, sometimes chaos becomes more than a shield; it becomes a means of survival. The film “Anora” captures that feet-shifting restlessness with eerie precision, especially in the ...