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Babygirl director credits intimacy coordinators with helping create film’s ‘more extreme sex scenes’

Halina Reijn says intimacy coordinator is not just for actors but also for safety of other crew

The Independent UK

Anora, Better Man and Sonic 3: the biggest Boxing Day films out in Australia

Desperate for two hours of silence in a cinema, or a movie to entertain the family? We’ve got you covered with our comprehensive guide

The Guardian - AU

Anora and The Brutalist lead London film critics’ award nominations

Sean Baker’s and Brady Corbet’s films received seven nominations each from the London Critics’ Circle, while feminist body horror The Substance and Ralph Fiennes’ papal drama Conclave have six

The Guardian - UK

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People are very angry that Mikey Madison denied having an intimacy coordinator in Anora

The 25-year-old actress has come under fire for refusing an intimacy coordinator during filming the sex scenes of her Oscar-tipped film, Anora

Evening Standard

The Anora intimacy coordinator backlash

Madison explained she was offered an intimacy coordinator on set by director Sean Baker but chose not to have one

Salon

Oscar tipped Mikey Madison defended after facing backlash for her comments about intimacy coordinators

Anora’s Mikey Madison said that she and he co-star ‘decided it would be best to just keep it small’ when offered in intimacy coordinator

The Independent UK

One of the best movies of 2024 is now streaming — and it’s 96% on Rotten Tomatoes

"Anora" is one of 2024's Oscar frontrunners — and this must-watch comedy-drama is now available on streaming.

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Best movies of 2024 in the US: No 4 – Anora

The Hollywood romcom is turned on it head in this tale of an exotic dancer and an oligarch’s son who get hitched before the honeymoon turns sour

The Guardian - US

Best films of 2024 in the UK: No 5 – Anora

The Hollywood romcom is turned on its head in this tale of an exotic dancer and an oligarch’s son who get hitched before the honeymoon turns sour

The Guardian - UK

The 25 best movies of 2024

Year in Review | GamesRadar+ has cast its votes, debated the list, and ranked its pick of the best movies of 2024

Total Film

Latinos shine at the Golden Globes 2025: All the nominees

It was a good day for Latino actors at the Golden Globe's nominations

Latin Times

'Anora,' 'I Saw the TV Glow' lead Spirit Award nominations

“Anora,” Sean Baker’s odyssey of a New York stripper, and Jane Schoenbrun’s psychological horror “I Saw the TV Glow” dominated nominations for the Film Independent Spirit Awards with six nods each, including best feature and best director

The Independent UK

Film advent calendar: 24 festive movies chosen by leading film figures

Count down to Christmas with favourites selected by Sean Baker, Gillian Anderson, John Waters, Mike Leigh, Gurinder Chadha, Will Sharpe and more

The Guardian - UK

Film advent calendar: count down to Christmas with 24 movies chosen by leading actors and directors

Sean Baker, Gillian Anderson, Mike Leigh, Gurinder Chadha and other figures from film and television select their festive favourites

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The Independent UK

What do hundreds of beavers have to do with the future of movies?

The low-budget movie “Hundreds of Beavers” has turned into a lo-fi legend

The Guardian - UK

On my radar: Peter Biskind’s cultural highlights

The film historian and cultural critic on his love of Gentleman Jack, why blueberries from Maine are superior, and how Tana French’s crime novels transcend genre

Evening Standard

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

TechRadar

5 of the best free movies to stream on Tubi, Pluto TV, Amazon Freevee, and more this week (November 11)

From Oscar-winning crime dramas to action-packed sci-fi adventures, there’s plenty to watch on the best free streaming services this week.

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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.

The Guardian - UK

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

Total Film

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

The Independent UK

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

Evening Standard

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

The Guardian - UK

‘I find myself getting in a little too deep’: Sean Baker on his Palme d’Or-winning lapdance film

Anora, his tragi-comedy about a lapdancer who marries a Russian oligarch’s son, is the latest in a line of acclaimed movies about sex work. The Hollywood outsider talks about his anxieties over A-listers and the dangers of partying in his 50s

The Guardian - UK

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

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