If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Anora was the darling of the 97th Oscars, winning Best Picture and Best Actress for Mikey Madison, while Sean Baker picked up trophies for Best Director, Best Editing, …
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As someone who has worked as an exotic dancer, I’m a tough critic when it comes to cinematic stripper fare, with my own particular set of credibility metrics. Magic Mike trying to fund a business with rubber-banded stacks of cash? Check. “Closer” by Nine Inch Nails in a pivotal dance …
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M ikey Madison has come bearing snacks. The Anora star and I are scheduled to meet in Woodbridge Park — a blip of a green space in Studio City, California, with picturesque benches, a sprawling playground, and plenty of trees. Toddlers wobble about the play area with their moms (or …
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In the Anora trailer, Mikey Madison (Better Things) stars as a sex worker who impulsively marries a filthy rich man, who happens to be the son of a Russian oligarch. “What do you do to get all this?” Madison asks him in the trailer. In the Sean Baker (Tangerine, The …
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