Mr. Idov is a Latvian American novelist and screenwriter. “Anora” is my favorite film of 2024. It’s brutal, hilarious, alive with a wild kinetic energy that feels like the essence of cinema ...

“Anora,” the story of a sex worker who marries the pampered son of a Russian oligarch, triumphed at the 97th Academy Awards on Sunday, winning five Oscars, including the prize for best picture.

Although Oscar night’s clear victor, Sean Baker’s “Anora,” received awards in five categories, all major—Best Picture, Actress, Directing, Editing, and Original Screenplay—its ...

“Anora" has won the 2025 Oscar for best picture, one of five Academy Awards it took home Sunday. New Jersey’s Sean Baker wrote, directed and produced the film, the most successful of his ...

Anora, Sean Baker's screwball dramedy about a whirlwind marriage between an enterprising sex worker and an impish spoiled son of a Russian oligarch, took home the award for best picture at Sunday ...