The movie is expected to earn nominations both ... Mikey Madison stars as Anora—or Ani, as she goes by—an exotic dancer who lives in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Brighton Beach, home to ...

However, it’s also a movie with a whole lot of sex ... admires and prefers to call by her birth name, Anora. After a beat of consideration, Ani attempts to have sex with Igor, but collapses ...

Anora,” the new Oscar-nominated film from the writer and director Sean Baker, answers this question—that is, if Cinderella ...

A sex worker in a romantic comedy isn’t new. How the Oscar-nominated film uses immigrant Brooklyn to subvert the genre?

The story of a sex worker who is not 'saved' in its final act, Anora follows Ani (played by Mikey Madison), a feisty, ...

"Anora," one of ten films nominated for best picture at the 2025 Oscars, featured multiple breakout performances that helped ...

Russian actor Yura Borisov received his first Oscar nomination for his role in 'Anora' as a hired muscle who proves he also ...

Ani finally stops being tenacious and starts dealing with the trauma, with the constant overhanging threat of violence in sex work. And you see the toll it takes. I want to watch a movie that ...

The movie keeps ingeniously subverting its own apparent trajectory. It seduces us right along with Ani into buying into ... see through her bravado? Any time Anora approaches crowd-pleasing ...

Ten minutes before the movie’s scheduled start ... From early on in “Anora,” the audience can tell that Ani will be a significantly more developed character than the generic, stereotyped ...