The last scene of 'Anora' is one of the great movie endings. Writer/director Sean Baker breaks down how they shot Mikey ...

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

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

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 ...

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; ...

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

A fairy tale — or at least a version of one — shatters into a million tiny pieces in "Anora," writer-director Sean Baker's cracked romantic comedy which sends viewers on a dizzying high and then slams ...

After the whirlwind Cinderella story of Anora ’s first half goes awry with the screwball comedy of its second, the film's ...

Writer/director Sean Baker likes to tell stories about people who live on the margins of mainstream society. That makes his ...

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