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Porn Stars: Oscar Favorite 'Anora' Gets Sex Work Right

For a film about sex work to win an Oscar is rare. "The sex work industry as a whole is really skeptical of any film having to do with sex work," says Calvert.

International Business Times

2025 Oscar contenders you can watch right now

Here's every major contender for the 2025 Oscars and where to stream them.

Tom’s Guide

What is an intimacy coordinator? Anora star Mikey Madison faces backlash for comments

The actress told Pamela Anderson she did not want an intimacy coordinator for explicit scenes in Anora

Evening Standard

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‘I laughed, I cried, I reflected on many things’: Guardian readers’ best films of 2024

From the mullets in Love Lies Bleeding and the bonkers body horror of The Substance to the tender humanism of Crossing, there was something for all tastes in 2024. Our readers share their highlights

The Guardian - UK

2024's most visually-arresting films

The best films of the year merged inventive narratives with transportive visuals. Here are Wallpaper's top 10 of 2024.

Wallpaper

Watch Oscar Best Picture contender with 96% RT score at home right now

Catch up with Anora at home as it hits digital on-demand platforms. Here’s what you need to know.

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Best movies of 2024 in the US: No 4 – Anora

The Hollywood romcom is turned on it head in this tale of an exotic dancer and an oligarch’s son who get hitched before the honeymoon turns sour

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Best films of 2024 in the UK: No 5 – Anora

The Hollywood romcom is turned on its head in this tale of an exotic dancer and an oligarch’s son who get hitched before the honeymoon turns sour

The Guardian - UK

The 25 best movies of 2024

Year in Review | GamesRadar+ has cast its votes, debated the list, and ranked its pick of the best movies of 2024

Total Film

The 8 Best-Dressed Stars at the 2024 Gotham Awards Redefined City Chic

City chic has a whole new meaning.

Marie Claire

When is 'Anora' coming to streaming?

Find out when you can watch 'Anora' from your sofa at home

Tom’s Guide

How the pole dancing cast of Anora became party season's biggest make-up inspo

The glam team behind the smash indie movie reveal how its beauty looks became so accidentally on-trend — and the products you need to copy them this party season

Evening Standard

Anora: a refreshing depiction of sex workers as part of the working class

Anora, or Ani as she prefers, is a a young New York stripper who meets and marries the son of a Russian oligarch. But this film is not a fairytale and there is no happy ending. But neither is it a tragedy.

The Conversation

Anora review – Sean Baker’s screwball Cinderella tale vaults him towards greatness

Mikey Madison is outstanding as an exotic dancer who marries an oligarch’s son in Baker’s fiery and profane Palme d’Or-winning comedy drama

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Total Film

Sean Baker and Mikey Madison on the Scream star's new movie with a near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score

Big Screen Spotlight | The director and star of Anora chat to GamesRadar+ on the red carpet at London Film Festival

The Guardian - UK

‘I find myself getting in a little too deep’: Sean Baker on his Palme d’Or-winning lapdance film

Anora, his tragi-comedy about a lapdancer who marries a Russian oligarch’s son, is the latest in a line of acclaimed movies about sex work. The Hollywood outsider talks about his anxieties over A-listers and the dangers of partying in his 50s

The Guardian - UK

Mikey Madison: from Tarantino bit part to hot tip for an Oscar playing a sex worker

The actor, who stars in Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or winner Anora, talks about the reaction of the strip club community to the film, how she managed to learn Russian, and her lucky break in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Salon

"Anora" balances love and survival

Mikey Madison's mesmerizing performance as a complex sex worker defies simple labels

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The Guardian - US

‘Really speaks to sex workers’: can Anora help humanise a degraded profession?

Sean Baker’s acclaimed and Oscar-tipped new comedy focuses on a sex worker, a story that led him to consult with those who live and work in that world

Evening Standard

Anora at London Film Festival review: A flawless anti-Cinderella story for the ages

Mikey Madison makes a name for herself in this mouthy, moving story of stripper meets oligarch – and it's a laugh a minute

The National (Scotland)

I witnessed an emergency call out on Mediterranean Sea - here's what it was like

MOHAMMAD*, a young Syrian man of 24, climbs the steps of the ship. He has bright and tired eyes, looks around, and after the first few steps on…

The Guardian - AU

Ready, willing and disabled: the Australian actors campaigning for more roles – and better training

As disabled actors fight for authentic casting, there are still complex impediments to access – and, says Prisoner alumna Kate Hood, ‘we see cripping up all the time’

AAP

Milestone play a personal win for actor with disability

A prize-winning play brings performers with disability to centre stage in Australian theatre and it's been a long time coming, actor Kate Hood says.

The Guardian - UK

‘It was empowering and joyful’: the UK women hiring private midwives

After a troubling report on NHS care, the number of pregnant women seeking more control over their birth plans is growing

The Guardian - UK

Anora is a vivacious Cannes victor and a fitting end to a radically romantic festival

Sean Baker’s story of an erotic dancer who marries a Russian oligarch makes a terrific surprise Palme d’Or winner – though more reward for Mohammad Rasoulof might have felt better

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