EP 109: Anora (2024)

After taking home the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and playing 35mm prints in limited release around the country, Sean Baker’s Anora has now hit wide release in theaters. Anora, a young sex worker from Brooklyn, meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as his parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled. The film stars Mikey Madison, Mark Eydelshteyn, and Yura Borisov.

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Chapter Timestamps:

• 0:00:00 Introduction
• 0:31:58 Initial Thoughts
• 0:49:05 Spoiler Review
• 2:00:19 Oscars Assessment
• 2:13:45 Final Ratings

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Danny Jarabek Website, Letterboxd, Instagram, X, TikTok, and Linktree
Bryan Sudfield on Letterboxd, Instagram, X, and Life Moves Pretty Fast
Paul Rai on Letterboxd, Instagram, and X
Evan Miller on Letterboxd, X, Instagram, and TikTok

Films mentioned:
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Resources:
Anora Review by Matt Minton

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Credits:

• Theme music by Eugene Rocco Utley
• Artwork by Danny Jarabek
• Edited by Danny Jarabek