Anora was the big winner at the 2025 Oscars, taking home five of the six awards it was nominated for: best picture, best director, best actress for Mikey Madison, original screenplay, and editing. The film’s […]
Oscars 2025 Complete Winners List (Photo Credit – Instagram) Oscars 2025: The 97th Academy Award finally took place and was filled with magical moments and loads of emotions. However, it was a sad night for […]
Sean Baker made Oscars history on Sunday by becoming the first person to win four Oscars in one night for the same movie. With his movie “Anora,” a bittersweet dramedy about a Brooklyn stripper who […]
Anora Spirit Award Best director winner Sean Baker championed indie cinema in his acceptance speech, exclaiming that it’s “struggling more than ever” with little pay for those who provide a cultural zeithgeist for Hollywood and […]
Movies about, or at least prominently featuring, exotic dancers are not uncommon, but it’s rare for them to clean up at the box office and the Academy Awards. If “Anora” star Mikey Madison wins a […]
Well that was quite a weekend, and I am not talking about the Super Bowl, even if Anora rolled over its competition the same way Philadelphia decimated Kansas City. So unusually both PGA and DGA, […]
There were so many celebs at the 2025 Producers Guild of America Awards and we have a full recap of everyone who attended! The show took place on Saturday night (February 8) at Fairmont Century […]
If “Anora” is a cockeyed contemporary reconfiguration of the Cinderella story, then actor Yura Borisov is its Prince Charming. Not that you would know it from the way he first slinks onscreen, silent and watchful. […]
A column chronicling events and conversations on the awards circuit. Even as people are drifting back slowly from the holiday break, and Hanukkah actually just celebrated its eighth and final night, the awards season is […]
From his earliest memories, Sean Baker always has had his eyes on making movies. With acclaimed indies including Starlet, Tangerine, The Florida Project and Red Rocket, he has become a leading voice in the independent […]
Mikey Madison says the call from Sean Baker came entirely out of the blue. “I guess he’d seen a horror film I did, Scream [2022], on the opening weekend, and decided to call my agent […]