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Stars: Mikey Madison, Mark Eydelshteyn, Darya Ekamasova, Yura Borisov, Paul Weissman, Lindsey Normington, Emily Weider, Luna Sofía Miranda, Vincent Radwinsky, Brittney Rodriguez, Sophia Carnabuci | Written and Directed by Sean Baker

Since releasing his first feature in 2000, writer/director Sean Baker has built himself a name as an exciting voice in independent cinema. As his works have gotten more attention, from Tangerine being shot on multiple iPhones, to Willem Dafoe’s Oscar nomination for The Florida Project, Baker has grown in stature as a director. This leads us to Anora, the writer/director’s eighth feature which won the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes festival, and manages to be another exemplary piece of cinema from the creative.

British viewers may find themselves surprised in this film’s opening moments, as a remix of Take That’s ‘Greatest Day’ plays while a line of exotic dancers perform for paying customers.

Exclusive: Neon is gearing up to begin production in May on Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo, with Takashi Miike set to direct. The thriller will star Shun Oguri, Lily James, and WWE star Liv Morgan (Gionna Daddio).

The film will be a U.S.-Japan co-production, produced by Jeremy Thomas for Recorded Picture Company, Sam Pressman for Pressman Film, Naoaki Kitajima for Nippon TV and Misako Saka for Olm. Executive producers include Tom Quinn, Yuzo Kuwahara, Tetsu Fujimura, Paula Paizes, Alainée Kent, Peter Watson, Ivan Kelava, Max Loeb and Mike Apgar. The deal was negotiated by Neon’s Sarah Colvin, VP of Acquisitions, and Paula Paizes from Pressman Film and Recorded Picture Company’s Ivan Kelava on behalf of the filmmakers.

Neon will release the film theatrically in North America and represent the international sales rights in Cannes this month.

The 2026 Critics Choice Awards have found their date and now will be leading off awards season’s nationally television shows.

The Critics Choice Association (Cca) announced today that the 31st annual Critics Choice Awards will take place on Sunday, January 4, 2026. Returning to E! for the second year in a row, the telecast will also air live across USA Network from 7:00-10:00 p.m. Et/Pt. The show will once again be held at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica and will continue its combined film and television awards format, honoring the best in cinematic, televised, and streaming achievement.

Earlier this week the Golden Globes announced they would be moving to the second Sunday in January on the 11th, a bit of a surprise since they have traditionally gone first on the first weekend of the new year. Sources say Critics Choice had been planning for their ceremony to...

Anora, Spine #1259, will release in the Criterion Collection on April 29th, 2025.

Mikey Madison is a star, delivering a mesmerizing performance in the titular role of Sean Baker’s Oscar winning film. The role of Ani is a complicated and layered one that allows Madison to showcase the full extent of her acting abilities. Sean Baker — acting as the director, writer and editor — delivers his most compelling and finely crafted film to date. Anora is — in my opinion — the best film of 2024, and it is an absolute gift to have this gorgeous new edition join the Criterion Collection.

Anora plot

Anora (Mikey Madison) — or “Ani” as she likes to be called — is an exotic dancer and sex worker. She spends her nights buttering up clients and enticing them to spend their cash on her in the club’s VIP section. One of those clients winds up being Ivan, a wealthy young...

The eponymous character of Anora, a feisty 23-year-old Brooklyn sex worker, lives the sort of hardscrabble and precarious life that Sean Baker has vigorously tracked across his work. But while Baker’s protagonists are typically mired in the same place, Ani (Mikey Madison), as Anora emphatically prefers to be called, manages to escape the familiar, and crash through the class divide with all the subtlety of a wrecking ball. Her quixotic quest to remain among Russian oligarchs is a riotously funny neorealist farce that will be familiar to fans of Tangerine and Red Rocket, though at times it feels like the rougher edges of Baker’s vision have been smoothed out in the interest of driving home an easily digestible allegory.

We meet Ani inside the strip club where she works as a dancer, an environment that she manages an impressive level of control over. She easily seduces the wealthy...

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Hulu is one of the most underrated streaming services, even though it has some of the most brilliant movies in its library. The Disney-owned streaming service is one of the most profitable streaming services as it has great indie films because it is partnered up with great independent studios as well as some of the biggest blockbusters around. So, we compiled a list of the best movies that are available on Hulu right now.

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The Truman Show is a psychological comedy-drama film directed by Peter Weir from a screenplay by Andrew Niccol. The 1998 film follows the life of Truman Burbank, who doesn’t know that his whole life has been filmed and broadcasted to the whole world on reality television, but now he has begun to see some cracks in his life.

Anora Worldwide Box Office: Hits Significant Milestone (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Sean Baker’s Indie film ruled the Oscars 2025 by winning five awards. Anora is also enjoying a post-Oscars boost, crossing a significant mark at the worldwide box office. It has achieved enormous financial success, as it was made on a production budget of $6 million only. Keep scrolling for more.

The film features Mikey Madison as Anora Mikheeva, a New York stripper who marries the wealthy son of a Russian oligarch, played by Mark Eydelshteyn. The supporting cast includes Yura Borisov, Karren Karagulian, Vache Tovmasyan, Darya Ekamasova, and Aleksei Serebryakov. It has received excellent ratings on Rotten Tomatoes.

The critics have it 93% on the Tomatometer, and the audience rating is also a favorable 86%. The collective critics’ consensus states, “Another marvelous chronicle of America’s strivers by writer-director Sean Baker given some extra pizzazz by Mikey Madison’s brassy performance, Anora is...

In only a matter of weeks, Hulu subscribers will get the chance to stream one of the year's most important movies. Anora, the 2025 Academy Award winner for Best Picture, will be streaming soon on Hulu. The announcement was made through the streamer's Instagram account, where they published the poster and the official streaming release date, which is March 17.

Written and directed by Sean Baker, the film stars Academy Award winner for Best Actress Mikey Madison, Mark Eydelshteyn, Yura Borisov (nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category), Karren Karagulian, Vache Tovmasyan and Ivy Wolk, among others. Independent film production studio Neon has been in charge of Anora's distribution since the film was acquired in 2023. In 2024, the film premiered at the 77th Cannes Film Festival and won the Palme d'Or. After this, it received a limited theatrical release and, subsequently, it premiered on digital services for renting and/or buying.

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Anora Was Not Released In India Due To This Reason & Where To Watch This Oscar Winning Movie (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Anora swept most of the awards at the 97th Academy Awards, or the Oscars 2025. The movie by Sean Baker features an impressive cast led by Mikey Madison and Mark Eydelshteyn. It received multiple accolades and was rounded up with Oscar wins. However, the critically acclaimed movie was not released in India. However, cinephiles can watch it on Ott platforms. Keep scrolling to know more.

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The romantic comedy-drama premiered at the 77th Cannes Film Festival and was released in theatres last year. It won the 2024 Palm d’Or, among other honors. The supporting cast includes Yura Borisov, Karren Karagulian, Vache Tovmasyan, and Aleksei Serebryakov.

Anora received a remarkable rating on Rotten Tomatoes, securing 93% from the critics and 89% from the audience. Mikey Madison plays a young sex worker from Brooklyn whose...

The 2025 Oscars, Hollywood’s biggest night, didn’t hold back on delivering plenty of emotional, laughable and awkward moments. From Anora owning the night with five wins to Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande’s show-stopping performance to host Conan O’Brien mocking the Emilia Pérez scandal, here are some of Sunday night’s most unforgettable moments.

Anora Owns the Night With Five Wins Darya Ekamasova, Lindsey Normington, Vache Tovmasyan, Karren Karagulian, Alex Coco, Mikey Madison, Mark Eydelshteyn, Samantha Quan, Luna Sofía Miranda, Sean Baker, Drew Daniels and Yura Borisov during Anora‘s best picture win.

Anora steamrolled through the night, with Sean Baker‘s indie upstart winning five Oscars, including best picture and director, and star Mikey Madison staging an upset for best actress. “It’s a dream come true. I’m probably going to wake up tomorrow,” Madison said when accepting the prize. Many of the people involved with the...

Writer-director Sean Baker's Anora brings in multiple Oscars at the 97th Academy Awards.

Per Cbr on Twitter, Anora won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay not long into the ceremony. Shortly after garnering Baker his second win for the same category, Anora also won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing.

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A Real Pain star Kieran Culkin wins the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor at the 97th Academy Awards ceremony.

Anora stars Mikey Madison as Anora "Ani" Mikheeva, a stripper living in Brighton Beach who is swept up into the world of Russian oligarchs by the young Ivan "Vanya" Zakharov, portrayed by Mark Eydelshteyn, the son of a wealthy business magnate who spends much of his time partying in his family's New York mansion. When Vanya offers $15,000 for Anora to spend the week with him, the pair end up being wed in an impromptu Las Vegas ceremony.

The red carpet has kicked off at the 2025 Oscars and we’ll be keeping track of all the red carpet photos right here!

Stars will be stepping out for the annual awards show on Sunday (March 2) at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

We’ll be updating this post all night long to give you easy access to see the event’s full guest list and every celebrity on the red carpet.

The Oscars will be hosted by comedian Conan O’Brien for the first time and the show is airing live on ABC and Hulu. The movie Emilia Perez leads the nominations with 13 nods, followed by The Brutalist and Wicked with 10 each. Make sure to check out the full list of nominations and find out who is performing during the show!

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This March, we are getting a ton of content from the much-anticipated release of the superhero action drama series Daredevil: Born Again on streaming to the release of Robert Pattinson‘s highly anticipated sci-fi dark comedy film Mickey 17. This upcoming month will see the release of many great movies, so we thought of compiling a list of all the best movies that are coming straight to streaming.

Picture This (Prime Video) Release Date: March 6 Credit – Prime Video

Picture This is an upcoming British romantic comedy film directed by Prarthana Mohan from a screenplay by Nikita Lalwani. Based on the 2024 Australian film Five Blind Dates by Shawn Seet, the Prime Video film follows Pia, a struggling photographer who is told by a spiritual guru that she will find true love and success in her career in the next five dates she goes on.

Anora Movie Review Rating:

Star Cast: Mikey Madison, Yura Borisov, Mark Eydelshteyn, Vache Tovmasyan, and Karren Karagulian.

Director: Sean Baker

Anora Movie Review (Photo Credit – YouTube)

What’s Good: The performances, the visuals, the score, and the energy are out of this world.

What’s Bad: There is nothing bad about the film, but the chaotic nature of it might overwhelm some people.

Loo Break: There are no loo breaks in Anora as the film’s pace is frenetic and has no room for filler.

Watch or Not?: Anora is a must-watch for cinema fans worldwide, especially now that it has received so many Oscar nominations.

Language: English (with subtitles).

Available On: Theaters, VOD

Runtime: 139 Minutes.

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Throughout his career, Sean Baker has become one of the most singular filmmakers in North America, thanks to his inclination to tell stories that feel real and look real while...

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Hulu is ready with an entertainment-packed March this year. The upcoming month will see the release of the brilliant crime comedy-drama series Deli Boys and the streaming release of the award-winning film Anora. Just like every month, Hulu is ready to overload you with great content. So, we’re here to tell you about the 7 new movies and TV shows coming to Hulu in March 2025.

Deli Boys Season 1 (March 6) Credit – Hulu

Deli Boys is an upcoming crime dark comedy-drama series created by Abdullah Saeed. The Hulu series follows two Pakistani American brothers who are suddenly put in charge of the family-owned convenience store after their father suddenly dies. They soon realize that their father was mixed up in some dangerous criminal activities, and now they must take up his mantle to continue the family business. Deli Boys stars Asif Ali,...

The 2025 Screen Actors Guild Awards celebrated the best performances of the year in both movies and television.

Celebs from all around the world gathered for the annual event on Sunday (February 23) at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.

Wicked led the nominations this year with five nods and Shogun led the television categories, also with five nominations.

Make sure to see photos of Every celeb on the red carpet at the SAG Awards. You can also take a look at our list of the Best Dressed stars of the night.

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Movie Nominations:

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Adrien Brody / László Tóth – “The Brutalist”

TIMOTHÉE Chalamet / Bob Dylan – “A Complete Unknown” – Winner

Daniel Craig / William Lee – “Queer”

Colman Domingo / Divine G – “Sing Sing”

Ralph Fiennes / Lawrence – “Conclave”

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The Screen Actors Guild Awards are taking place on Sunday in downtown Los Angeles. TheWrap will update the list of winners as they are announced.

“Wicked” went into the show leading all films with five nominations, followed by “A Complete Unknown” with four and “Anora” and “Emilia Perez” with two.

In the television categories, “Shōgun” led with five nominations, followed by “The Bear” with four and “The Diplomat” and “The Penguin” with three.

Over the 30-year history of the SAG Awards, individual winners in the film categories have gone on to win Academy Awards for acting 75% of the time. All four SAG winners have repeated at the Oscars 10 times, with eight of those times coming in the last 15 years.

The winning film in the SAG Awards’ ensemble-cast category has won the Oscar for Best Picture about half the time, including the last three years in a row and four times in the last five years.

The actors are getting all of the spotlight at the 2025 Screen Actors Guild Awards and we’ll be recapping all of the celebs attending the event!

Stars will be stepping out for the annual awards show on Sunday (February 23) at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.

The SAG Awards will stream live on Netflix for the second year in a row. This also marks Kristen Bell‘s second time as host after previously serving as the emcee in 2018. Wicked leads the nominations this year with five nods and Shogun leads the television categories, also with five nominations. Check out the full list of nominees!

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Mikey Madison has cemented herself as a frontrunner for the Best Actress award at the Oscars amid her latest wins.

The 25-year-old actress won the award for Best Lead Performance at the 2025 Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday afternoon (February 22) at the Santa Monica Pier in Los Angeles.

The movie also won Best Feature and Best Director for Sean Baker.

Also in attendance at the event were co-stars Yura Borisov, Mark Eydelshteyn, Karren Karagulian, and Vache Tovmasyan, as well as producers Alex Coco and Samantha Quan.

While Demi Moore won Best Actress at the Golden Globes and the Critics Choice Awards, Mikey won at the BAFTAs and now the Spirit Awards. We’ll have to wait and see who takes the Oscar next weekend!

Make sure to check out the recap of every celeb who attended the event and take a look at our Best Dressed list as well. Also see the full winners list!

The British Academy Film Awards ceremony was held on Feb. 16 at London's Royal Festival Hall, featuring Doctor Who star David Tennant as the host. Heading into the event, Demi Moore may have been seen as a favorite to win Best Actress in a Leading Role, given her recent big wins at other awards shows, but the honor went to the star of another indie film this time.

At the BAFTAs, the winner of Best Actress was announced to be Mikey Madison, the star of the acclaimed indie film Anora. Madison was previously nominated for the same award at the Satellite Awards, Golden Globe Awards, and the Critics' Choice Awards, and each time, the win went to Moore. Though Madison has garnered heavy praise from critics for her work in Anora, Moore's award wins were quickly becoming a trend that may have seemed likely to continue at the BAFTAs. Madison herself...

Updated with PGA win: Sean Baker won both the PGA Awards‘ and DGA Awards‘ top prizes for Neon’s Anora — on the same night. And if past statistics are a signifier of what’s to come, it is a major indicator for both the Oscars’ Best Director category as well as Best Picture.

Baker’s wild night started at the Beverly Hilton, where he won the Directors Guild’s top prize, the Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film. He then raced to the Fairmont Century Plaza in Century City, where he picked up the PGA’s top trophy, the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures, alongside his fellow producers Alex Coco and Samantha Quan.

Deadline confirmed that the PGA ceremony delayed its start to accommodate the Anora team, which was coming off taking the Best Picture prize Friday evening at the Critics Choice Awards.

"I think the biggest challenge is simply – sticking with it." Neon has revealed a lovely featurette celebrating filmmaker Sean Baker. We're into the final month of the awards season, ending with the Academy Awards on March 2, and Baker's film Anora has a grand total of six nominations. It's still my frontrunner for Best Picture - and maybe a few others. Ani, a young sex worker from Brooklyn, gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and then impulsively marries the son of a Russian oligarch named Vanya (aka Ivan). Once the news reaches Russia, their little fairytale is threatened as the parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled. So begins 24 hours of stressful NYC mayhem as hired goons pick her up and try to find Ivan. Mikey Madison stars as Ani as one of this year's big breakouts, with Mark Eydelshteyn, Yura Borisov,...

[Editor’s note: This interview was originally published on October 18, 2024. For his work in “Anora,” Yura Borisov is now nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, one of six nominations for the film.]

Casting is Sean Baker’s great skill. He casts all his own films, walking through the world looking for talent to populate his stories. On his Palme d’Or winner “Anora,” Baker had characters in mind before he finished writing the script. He offered the roles of Anora to Mikey Madison and Russian muscleman Igor to Yura Borisov, who waited some six months before they got to read the final screenplay.

Baker saw the Russian actor for the first time in “Compartment Number 6” and “Petrov’s Flu.” “Those films were playing at Cannes the year that I had ‘Red Rocket’ there,” said Baker at Telluride. He called Finnish director Juho Kuosmanen and asked him how it was to work with Borisov. “He said, ‘He’s the best guy in the world.

“Anora”, the 2024 R-rated feature, written and directed by Sean Baker, stars Mikey Madison, Mark Eidelstein, Yuri Borisov, Karren Karagulian, Vache Tovmasyan, Lindsey Normington, Ivy Wolk and Luna Sofía Miranda, available April 29, 2025 on 4K Uhd + Blu-ray special edition as part of the ‘Criterion’ collection:

“…’Anora’ working in a Brooklyn strip club, gets her chance at a ‘Cinderella’ story when she meets and marries the son of a rich Russian oligarch.

“But once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as the parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled…”

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Director Sean Baker has revealed that his mother didn't approve of his script for Anora. The story follows an exotic dancer who meets and quickly marries Ivan, the son of a Russian oligarch. Upon learning about the marriage, Ivan's parents rush to America to get the marriage annulled. The cast of Anora includes Mikey Madison, Mark Eydelshteyn, Karren Karagulian, Yuriy Borisov, and Vache Tovmasyan. Reviews have been exceptional, and the film currently has a score of 94% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Despite Anora's strong reviews, it seems that Baker's mother has no interest in the movie's content. While speaking at the 2025 NYFCC ceremony (as reported by IndieWire), after winning the Best Screenplay award, Baker admitted that his mother didn't like his initial pitch for Anora. During his acceptance speech, Baker claimed that his mother wouldn't agree with their choice, and revealed that she didn't even make it through his previous film,...

Sean Baker’s “Anora” has already won the coveted Palme d’Or and, most recently, the New York Film Critics Circle’s Best Screenplay award, but accepting the prize, he said his own mother tried to sway him away from making the film.

Baker said during the 2025 NYFCC ceremony that his mom disapproved of him writing a film from the perspective of an erotic dancer (Mikey Madison) who weds a Russian billionaire (Mark Eydelshteyn), only to have her dream life ruled as a sham marriage. Yura Borisov, Vache Tovmasyan, and Karren Karagulian star as the fixers who push for an annulment.

Writer/director Baker has focused his career on telling the stories of sex workers, with previous films “Red Rocket” and “Tangerine” destigmatizing the industry. “Anora” is the biggest film of Baker’s career, landing nearly 200 nominations from the Golden Globes, key guilds, and critics’ groups ahead of Oscar nominations being announced.

Cynthia Erivo is Elphaba and Ariana Grande is Glinda in ‘Wicked’ (Photo by Giles Keyte © Universal Studios)

The Screen Actors Guild wisely opted to cancel its in-person 2025 SAG Awards nominations announcement as fires raged throughout Los Angeles. The list of film nominees, representing the best work by actors in 2024, is led by Wicked with five nominations. A Complete Unknown and Emilia Pérez each earned four, and Anora picked up three nominations. Conclave and The Last Showgirl were nominated for two SAG Awards.

Shōgun leads all television nominees with five, followed by The Bear (coming off a disappointing season) with four and The Diplomat with three. 12 series tied with two nominations each.

Winners will be announced during the 31st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards streaming on Netflix on Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 5pm Pt/8pm Et.

SAG Awards Motion Picture Nominees

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The 2025 SAG Award nominations are in!

The 31st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will stream live globally on Netflix Sunday, February 23, 2025, at 8 p.m. Et / 5 p.m. Pt from the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall. Kristen Bell returns as host.

Joey King and Cooper Koch were supposed to announce the nominees live this morning, but the event was canceled due to the devastating fires happening in California right now.

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Movie Nominations:

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Adrien Brody / László Tóth – “The Brutalist”

TIMOTHÉE Chalamet / Bob Dylan – “A Complete Unknown”

Daniel Craig / William Lee – “Queer”

Colman Domingo / Divine G – “Sing Sing”

Ralph Fiennes / Lawrence – “Conclave”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

Pamela Anderson / Shelly – “The Last Showgirl”

Cynthia Erivo / Elphaba – “Wicked”

Karla SOFÍA GASCÓN / Emilia/Manitas – “Emilia PÉREZ”

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Nominations for the 2025 SAG Awards were unveiled this morning, after the group’s scheduled in-person announcement was canceled amid the unfolding wildfire tragedy in Los Angeles. See the full list below, followed by a breakdown of noms by film and TV show..

Vying for the marquee film ensemble category are the casts of A Complete Unknown, Anora, Conclave, Emilia Pérez and Wicked.

Up for the lead actor prize are Golden Globe winner Adrien Brody (The Brutalist), Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown), Daniel Craig (Queer), Colman Domingo (Sing Sing) and Ralph Fiennes (Conclave).

The lead female actor race is among Pamela Anderson (The Last Showgirl), Cynthia Erivo (Wicked), Karla Sofía Gascón (Emilia Pérez), Mikey Madison (Anora) and Golden Globe winner Demi Moore (The Substance).

Overall, Wicked leads the film field with five nominations, followed by A Complete Unknown with four and Anora and Emilia Pérez with three each.

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Sean Baker’s sex-worker odyssey “Anora” is steady as they go in the awards race heading into 2025, with a total box office over $15 million and nearly 200 nominations from the Golden Globes, key guilds, and critics’ groups. And that Palme d’Or win back at Cannes in May 2024 sealed the deal, too, marking Neon’s fifth consecutive claim of the festival’s top prize.

The 25-year-old Mikey Madison gives the performance of her career as Ani, a New York exotic dancer swept off her feet and into a sham marriage to wily party animal Vanya. She’s joined by Russian star Yura Borisov and Armenian actors Vache Tovmasyan and Karren Karagulian, the latter a stalwart collaborator of Baker’s dating back to the filmmaker’s feature debut, “Four Letter Words” from 2000. With Karagulian as Vanya’s scene-stealing godfather Toros, Borisov and Tovmasyan play henchmen dispatched to New York by Vanya’s...

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2024 has come to an end, and while this year wasn’t the greatest year for films or Hollywood after the disastrous pandemic and the Writers’ and Actors’ strike, it did see the release of some great films. From the much-anticipated sequel of the sci-fi film Dune to the superhero buddy-comedy film no one thought would ever happen, Deadpool & Wolverine. So, lets find out which films that were released in 2024 you should not miss out on.

A Real Pain (In Select Theaters) Credit – Searchlight Pictures

A Real Pain is a buddy comedy-drama film written and directed by Jesse Eisenberg. The 2024 film follows American Jewish cousins David and Benji as they embark on a tour of Poland to honour their grandmother’s memories while exploring their family history. Still, their polar opposite personalities get in the way. A Real Pain stars Jesse Eisenberg,...

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the scripts fueling the year’s most talked-about movies continues with Neon’s Anora, a zany romantic comedy written and directed by Sean Baker. The film, which won the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, stars Mikey Madison as Anora, a sex worker from Brooklyn whose life takes an unexpected turn when she meets and impulsively marries the son of a billionaire oligarch.

Neon released Anora on October 18, and it has grossed $29.5 million to date at the global box office. The pic has been a major presence during awards season, having scored a co-leading five Indie Spirit Awards nominations, seven Critics Choice noms and five Golden Globe noms including for directing and screenplay, and Best Picture. The Los Angeles Film Critics named it film of the year, and it’s on several Top 10 lists including AFI‘s.

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It’s the most chaotic sequence in “Anora.” It’s also the turning point of the movie.

Brooklyn escort Ani (Mikey Madison) basks in the glow of newlywed bliss after impulsively marrying Ivan (Mark Eydelshteyn), the son of Russian oligarchs, at a hole-in-the-wall Vegas chapel. The ink has barely dried on the marriage certificate before the fantasy of her fairytale romance is shattered. Two hired henchmen, Igor (Yura Borisov) and Garnick (Vache Tovmasyan), barrel through the doors of the glass-enclosed mansion Ani and Ivan have burrowed themselves in. Word has gotten to Ivan’s powerful parents about their marriage — ill-advised and a sham, they argue — and a speedy annulment is the only solution.

What transpires is a frenetic 30-minute scene that plays out in real time. It reaches a crescendo once Toros (Karren Karagulian), a paid fixer on Ivan’s parents’ payroll, arrives at the mansion to bully Ani into kowtowing to their demands.

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If you are a big fan of the romantic comedy-drama genre, then you are lucky. As one of this year’s most highly anticipated films, Anora is finally here. Written and directed by The Florida Project and Red Rocket‘s Sean Baker, the 2024 film stars the immensely talented and incredibly gorgeous Mikey Madison in the lead role of Anora.

Anora follows a young sex worker in New York who meets and falls for the young son of a wealthy Russian oligarch. In traditional Cinderella fashion, the young couple decides to get married. Still, once the news reaches Russia, Anora’s fairytale becomes a nightmare as her prince’s parents are heading to New York.

Anora – Streaming & VOD Release Date (Where & When to Watch It?) Credit – Neon

The critically acclaimed romantic comedy-drama film was finally released in theaters on...

“Anora”, the 2024 R-rated feature, written and directed by Sean Baker, stars Mikey Madison, Mark Eidelstein, Yuri Borisov, Karren Karagulian, Vache Tovmasyan, Lindsey Normington, Ivy Wolk and Luna Sofía Miranda, streaming December 17, 2024 on digital platforms:

“…’Anora’ working in a Brooklyn strip club, gets her chance at a ‘Cinderella’ story when she meets and marries the son of a rich Russian oligarch.

“But once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as the parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled…”

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Just in case you missed one of the very best movies of the year, you're in luck: Sean Baker's critical darling "Anora" is finally coming to VOD.

If the name "Anora" sounds familiar, it's probably because Baker's twisted Cinderella story won the coveted Palme d'Or at the 77th Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, has been racking up rave reviews since it officially got a wide release in October, and scored a number of Golden Globe nomination when those were announced in early December.

With Mikey Madison as the titular Anora — who goes by Ani — and a supporting cast that includes newcomer Mark Eydelshteyn, standout Yura Borisov, and Baker's frequent collaborator Karren Karaguilan (who has appeared in the writer-director's movies throughout the years), "Anora" is a stunning, funny, dark, sexy, broken fairytale that is absolutely worth watching, and if you follow awards season as closely as, say, the folks over here at /Film,...

Mark Eydelshteyn — dubbed the "Russian Timothée Chalamet" for his youth, slender build, and floppy brown hair — has been tapped to play the male lead in the upcoming second season of Amazon Prime Video's Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Deadline reports. This casting comes on the heels of Eydelshteyn's breakout performance in Sean Baker's Palme d'Or-winning Anora, where he played Ivan "Vanya" Zakharov, the love interest to the title character.

Details about season 2 of Mr. and Mrs. Smith are scant at the moment, though with Eydelshteyn now in the lead, it does appear that the series will take a more anthology route, with different actors playing another set of Mr. Smith and Mrs. Smith, respectively. Showrunner Francesca Sloane, when asked if her show would follow this route, would only say "maybe." No word on who will play the female title character, though apparently Billie Eilish was being pursued at one point.

Yura Borisov doesn’t want to talk about Stanislavski.

Which isn’t to say the Moscow-born actor, who in Anora plays Igor — the heavy hired to keep Mikey Madison’s stripper character in check — is not steeped in the storied acting technique, a precursor to the Method.

“In Russia, nobody speaks about Stanislavski,” the classically trained Borisov explains via Zoom from a hotel room in Abu Dhabi, where he’s filming a Russian sci-fi movie. “Because it’s already in our blood. It’s our groundwork. [Acting is about] building on top of that.”

What Borisov, 31, has built is one of the year’s most quietly compelling screen characters. Playing the stony henchman who very gradually emits flickers of affection for his reluctant mark has brought the actor, already famous in his motherland, international visibility and a place in the awards conversation.

The part of Igor was created specifically for Borisov by Anora writer-director Sean Baker,...

The stars are kicking off awards season in New York City!

Zendaya, Sebastian Stan, Angelina Jolie, Colman Domingo, and Nicole Kidman stepped out for the 2024 The Gothams Film Awards on Monday evening (December 2) held at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.

39 feature films and 25 performances are nominated in 10 categories for outstanding and breakthrough performances, films, director, and screenplay.

The event is also honoring Zendaya with The Gothams Spotlight Tribute, Angelina with the Performer Tribute, Timothee Chalamet & James Mangold with the Visionary Tribute, the cast of Sing Sing with the Social Justice Tribute, Denis Villeneuve with the Director Tribute and the cast of The Piano Lesson with the Ensemble Tribute.

We have now compiled photos of the stars in attendance so that you can see what everyone wore!

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Fyi: Adam is wearing a Dior suit.

“Anora” is a new R-rated feature, written and directed by Sean Baker, winner of the top award at the recent 77th ‘Cannes Film Festival’, starring Mikey Madison, Mark Eidelstein, Yuri Borisov, Karren Karagulian, Vache Tovmasyan, Lindsey Normington, Ivy Wolk, and Luna Sofía Miranda, now playing in theaters:

“…’Anora’ working in a Brooklyn strip club, gets her chance at a ‘Cinderella’ story when she meets and marries the son of a rich Russian oligarch.

“But once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as the parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled…”

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Yura Borisov, Karren Karaguilan, and Vache Tovmasyan play Igor, Toros, and Garnick, respectively, in the new film Anora, winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes and a surefire bet for Oscar nominations. The three men discussed working with Sean Baker, doing physical comedy, speaking three languages, and much more in this interview with MovieWeb's Richard Fink.

From Neon, Anora follows the beleaguered marriage between Brooklyn stripper Anora (Mikey Madison) and son of a Russian oligarch Ivan Zakharov (Mark Eydelshteyn).

Anora delivers a strong performance at the global box office. Directed by Sean Baker, Anora is a romantic comedy about a sex worker from Brooklyn who decides to marry the young adult son of a Russian oligarch. Everything seems idyllic for a few days, until her new husband's family finds out and sends some of their people to get the marriage annulled. The film released in limited release on October 18, and expanded internationally this past weekend. Anora features a leading cast including Mikey Madison, Yura Borisov, Mark Eidelshtein, Vache Tovmasyan, and Karren Karagulian.

As per Collider, Anora has made a decent showing at the global box office so far. As the film expanded into 19 new markets this past weekend, it has come to a total gross of $2.4 million overseas. It also added another $1.9 million at the domestic box office this weekend, which brought its overall total to $6.4 million worldwide. Some...

Sean Baker always starts with the ending. "Endings for me are number one. They’re the most important thing. It’s what you’re leaving the audience with," he told The Verge earlier this month. In fact, he "always has to come up with the ending before even putting one word on paper.

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In this insightful interview with CBRs Kevin Polowy, Anora stars Yura Borisov, Karren Karagulian, and Vache Tovmasyan open up about their roles in the film and how they personally connected with their complex characters. They share their experiences working on the project, diving into the emotional depth of the story and how it resonated with them.

Anora follows the journey of a young woman, played by Mikey Madison, as she struggles with personal loss and embarks on a surreal, introspective adventure that blurs the lines between reality and fantasy. The cast reflects on the films themes and the unique impact it has on both the characters and the audience. Dont miss this candid conversation about one of 2024's most intriguing films!

The 2025 Oscars will be televised live on ABC on Sunday, March 2 next year while the nominations will be announced a couple of months earlier — on January 17. There is a long way to go until then, of course, but, for us here at Gold Derby, it’s never too early to start thinking about the next Academy Awards. With that in mind, here is a list of contenders we think could be potential Best Picture competitors, as well as all the information you need to know about them. (Scroll down for our updated 2025 Oscar predictions for Best Picture.)

One of the early Oscar hopefuls, Greg Kwedar’s docudrama set in a prison, “Sing Sing,” debuted at the 2023 edition of TIFF. Another, Jesse Eisenberg‘s road trip “A Real Pain,” unspooled at Sundance in January. And Denis Villeneuve‘s “Dune: Part Two” was released in March. The latter was a sequel to...

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Anora is a romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Sean Baker. The 2024 film follows the story of Anora Mikheeva, a young stripper who falls in love with and marries Vanya, the son of a Russian oligarch, and finally gets her Cinderella story but once the news reaches Vanya’s parents they come to New York to get their marriage annulled by any means necessary. Anora stars Mikey Madison in the lead role with Mark Eidelstein, Yura Borisov, Karren Karagulian, Vache Tovmasyan, and Aleksei Serebryakov starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the intensely dramatic story, tragic romance, and compelling characters in Anora here are some similar movies you should check out next.

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Pretty Woman is a romantic comedy film directed by Garry Marshall from a screenplay written by J.F. Lawton.

Cannes Film Festival movies have a problem: When they’re at the festival, generally, the marketing and hype around them feels very stuffy. I got the chance to go to Cannes this past May, and had the absolute time of my life seeing tons of movies, new and old. While there, ‘Anora’ didn’t really get my heart beating. Maybe I didn’t do enough research before the festival, maybe I wasn’t familiar enough with Sean Baker, maybe it was a me problem. But when all you have is a promotional image and maybe a trade review or two to work with, it’s hard to get into a movie you don’t already know a lot about. The problem with Cannes festival entrants is that they don’t have trailers or teasers or fun to bring audiences in. That detail actually exemplifies the whole festival in terms of...

The winner of the 2024 Palm d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, Anora, has finally arrived in theaters. Directed by Sean Baker, Anora tells the story of Anora/Ani (Mikey Madson), a stripper working in a New York City nightclub. Due to being able to converse in Russian, one night, her bosses introduce her to a client, Ivan "Vanya" Zakharov (Mark Eidelstein), the son of Russian oligarchs with implied criminal ties. After Vanya hires Ani to be his girlfriend for the weekend, the two get caught up in a romance that leads to them getting married. However, when Vanya's parents discover this, they send enforcers to annul the marriage, which results in Vanya running off and leaving Ani and a group of enforcers on a wild goose chase through the night to find him.

While Anora is certainly funnier than audiences might expect, its ending scene is an emotional gut punch...

Great indie numbers this weekend as Anora turned out highest per-screen-average of 2024 at $90k on six screens for a $540k gross. We Live In Time, the best platform expansion of the year, grossed $4.2 million on 956 screens in week 2 for a $4.5 million cume. Newcomers Union and The Line fared well on one screen each, as did Goodrich on about 1,000.

“We’re incredibly excited about this weekend’s record-breaking results and the fantastic critical and audience response to Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or-winning film Anora. Baker is a singular director who truly understands the power of the theatrical experience and how important it is for films to be seen in the theater,” Neon said. “With Mikey Madison in her unparalleled performance as Anora, and the film’s strong awards potential, there’s no doubt it will continue to captivate a broad audience as we move into the fall.”

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Anora has broken a major box office record for 2024. The new Sean Baker movie, which has major Oscar buzz and a Certified Fresh Rotten Tomatoes score of 98%, stars Mikey Madison as an exotic dancer who marries Russian heir Vanya (Mark Eydelshteyn), only to have her Cinderella fantasy shattered when his family resists the match. The Anora release is starting small before a wide expansion throughout the Fall, beginning its run with a limited debut in just six theaters in North America.

Per Variety, as of Sunday morning, Anora is projected to debut with a domestic opening weekend of $540,000. While this total is too low for it to land on the Top 10 chart for the weekend, it means that the movie has earned a whopping per-screen average of $90,000. Not only is this the best per-screen average of the year so far, it is the second-best since theaters reopened following the pandemic...