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Film Review - Anora

Film Review - Anora

Sean Baker’s latest features an awards-worthy performance from Mikey Madison

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Nov 07, 2024
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Anora is a film that genuinely wrong-footed me. I expected something much grimmer from writer-director Sean Baker’s romantic tragicomedy, but although this is significantly grittier than, say, Pretty Woman (1990), what surprised me was how darkly funny it is. The absurdist intensity of much of the second half had me in stitches. Yet, this do…

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