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How the pole dancing cast of Anora became your latest make-up inspo

The glam team behind the Oscar-sweeping movie reveal how its beauty looks became so accidentally on-trend — and the products you need to copy them

Evening Standard

Anora: a refreshing depiction of sex workers as part of the working class

Anora, or Ani as she prefers, is a a young New York stripper who meets and marries the son of a Russian oligarch. But this film is not a fairytale and there is no happy ending. But neither is it a tragedy.

The Conversation

Sean Baker's Anora Is a Riotous Celebration of Working-Class Life

It's Pretty Woman for the modern age, and one of the best movies of the year.

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Anora review – Sean Baker’s screwball Cinderella tale vaults him towards greatness

Mikey Madison is outstanding as an exotic dancer who marries an oligarch’s son in Baker’s fiery and profane Palme d’Or-winning comedy drama

The Guardian - UK

Sean Baker and Mikey Madison on the Scream star's new movie with a near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score

Big Screen Spotlight | The director and star of Anora chat to GamesRadar+ on the red carpet at London Film Festival

Total Film

The funny, chaotic, tender Anora is Cinderella with sex workers

4/5 It’s far more a fairytale than director Sean Baker’s previous films. But it’s about holding onto a dream you know is about to collapse

The Independent UK

The new Julia Roberts? Meet Mikey Madison – the breakout Anora star and Bafta Rising Star nominee

Madison is the beating heart of the fairy tale rom-com that has already won the Palme d’Or at Cannes and propelled her to the Bafta shortlist

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Mikey Madison: from Tarantino bit part to hot tip for an Oscar playing a sex worker

The actor, who stars in Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or winner Anora, talks about the reaction of the strip club community to the film, how she managed to learn Russian, and her lucky break in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

The Guardian - UK

How Choreographer Kennady Schneider Helped Transform Mikey Madison Into an Expert Pole Dancer in 'Anora'

The movement consultant for the new film shares how she collaborated with the star to craft her character’s performances in the club.

Marie Claire

"Anora" balances love and survival

Mikey Madison's mesmerizing performance as a complex sex worker defies simple labels

Salon

‘Really speaks to sex workers’: can Anora help humanise a degraded profession?

Sean Baker’s acclaimed and Oscar-tipped new comedy focuses on a sex worker, a story that led him to consult with those who live and work in that world

The Guardian - US

The best films to see at the London Film Festival 2024: from Blitz to Nightbitch

Steve McQueen’s new Second World War drama to the Cannes winner - these are the buzziest must-see watches from this year’s festival

Evening Standard

Don't miss these films at the BFI London Film Festival 2024

The BFI has announced the lineup for their 68th festival, and it's a stellar one

Wallpaper

The return of Beetlejuice, Gladiator, Paddington and the Joker – the best films of autumn 2024

Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder are back for more exorcisms and Hugh Grant continues his dive into the dark side in Heretic as the new season’s cinema offerings are unspooled

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'Anora' Wins Top Prize At Cannes Film Festival

'Anora' wins Palme d'Or at Cannes for bold storytelling and performances, resonating with viewers.

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Anora, tale of a stripper who marries a Russian oligarch, wins Palme d’Or at Cannes

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The Guardian - UK

Cannes 2024 week two roundup – scuffles, screwballs and spellbinders

While there’s no out-and-out masterpiece this year, and at times more fun to be had watching the audience fighting, Sean Baker’s acid class comedy, Jacques Audiard’s drug-lord musical and India’s first Palme d’Or contender in decades are knockouts

The Guardian - UK

Anora review – stellar turn from Mikey Madison in sex work non-love story

Sean Baker’s tragicomedy features Madison as an escort betrayed by a bratty oligarch’s son who she marries in a film that offers a more realistic take than Pretty Woman

Total Film

Anora review: "Another hugely enjoyable ride from Sean Baker"

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