It has been a wild Oscar season, filled with thrilling campaigns, surprising scandals, and above all else, unimaginable films. Going into this closing weekend, Greatest Image appeared removed from a lock, as award our bodies weren’t revealing a transparent frontrunner.
The Vatican-set thriller Conclave received the BAFTA. Anora received Critics Selection and the Spirit Awards, whereas the Golden Globes gave Greatest Drama to The Brutalist and Greatest Musical/Comedy to Emilia Pérez. However as the ultimate moments of the 97th Academy Awards drew to a detailed, there may solely be one Greatest Image winner, and that honor went to Anora.
Nominated for six Academy Awards, Oscar–profitable director Sean Baker’s Anora stars Oscar–profitable actress Mikey Madison as Brooklyn intercourse employee, on the lookout for love but additionally respiration room when she marries the carefree son of a Russian oligarch. However when his mother and father discover out about their vows, a trio of not-so-tough minions are despatched to interrupt them up. In Mashable’s rave assessment of the movie, I wrote, “Anora is a visceral experience, making its audience not voyeurs but one of the crew. Thus embedded, our pulses race, our eyes grow wide, our hearts dance as our heroes do. Anora offers a glorious thrill, as bold as it is brilliant.”
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Of their acceptance speeches, each Baker and Madison thanked the intercourse employees who shared their experiences to make Anora come to life. On the finish of the Oscars, Anora walked away with 5 Academy Awards, together with Greatest Achievement in Modifying and Greatest Authentic Screenplay.
Methods to watch: Anora is offered on Prime Video for lease or buy.
