Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or-winning film Anora is one of a series of films changing how sex work and sex workers are depicted in film.

And when his name was indeed called, he said, “it was my dream come true.” The win has also led to “a somewhat existential ...

Anora' director Sean Baker and star Mikey Madison discuss the film's ending and contributions from other cast members who were 'constantly surprising' them.

The Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) celebrated its 22nd edition with a program featuring nearly 200 films, including Mexican and international premieres and ...

Like Ani, I grew up on Brighton Beach, the Russophone neighborhood in south Brooklyn, N.Y., and the backdrop of Baker’s film, ...

If half the folks who paid to see Demi Moore in “The Substance” take a chance on the bracing new seriocomedy “Anora,” they’ll ...

"Physicality is so important for a character," the actress, who previously fought Brad Pitt in "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood ...

Baker isn’t wrong, but he’s being modest. The performances are gold, but so is the script, the direction, the cinematography, ...

Baker's eighth feature film is, perhaps, his finest — and one that has landed him firmly in the Oscar race in multiple ...

Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or winner hardly turns ‘Pretty Woman’ into ‘Gritty Woman.’ But a stunning performance by Mikey Madison ...

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In Anora, Mikey Madison plays a sex worker who dances at a strip club and meets — and marries — the son of a Russian oligarch ...