Sex workers have long been separated from the main body of the working class by generations of feminist campaigning that ...

Just a few minutes into Anora, there's a small but telling detail in a small but important moment: The movie starts in a ...

Anora' star Mikey Madison will receive the Breakthrough Performance Award at the 2025 Palm Springs Film Festival in January.

The 25-year-old star of “Anora” is about to add a Breakthrough Performance Award to her mantel. Mikey Madison will accept the ...

On Sean Baker’s clear-eyed sympathy.

Sean Baker has been making movies that touch on the world of sex work for years, from “Tangerine” to “Red Rocket.” But while ...

A former stripper analyzes writer-director Sean Baker's movie about an exotic dancer (played by Mikey Madison) to see how ...

Mikey Madison, who will receive the Breakthrough Award at the Film Festival, plays Ani in Sean Baker's Palme d'Or winning ...

Gen Z gets its own “Pretty Woman” with the bittersweet fable “Anora,” about a sex worker who discovers finding her golden ticket isn’t all that. Director Sean Baker’s film (★★★ out of four; rated R; ...

“Hi, I’m Sean Baker. I’m the writer, director and editor of “Anora.” This is the scene in which our protagonist, Ani, played by Mikey Madison, is arriving at the house supposedly owned by Ivan ...

Anora' star Mikey Madison talks about the film's finale, in which she explores a range of emotions in a five-minute, single-shot car scene.

That includes the farcical “Red Rocket” (2021), whose hustling horndog of a male porn star scraped a lot of people’s last ...