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A young woman in a fur coat sitting in the front seat of a parked car at night, neon light catching the windscreen.

What Anora's Ending Pays For

Sean Baker's Brooklyn fairytale won five Academy Awards on the strength of two minutes of silence in a parked car. The film is more interested in what that silence costs.

Lena Ashworth·6 May·6 min

Neon-lit Brooklyn street at night reflecting off wet pavement

Film

Anora's Best Picture Win, Defended

A year after Sean Baker's fourth feature took five Oscars including Best Picture, the predictable backlash has arrived on schedule. Here's why the Academy, improbably, got it right.

Lena Ashworth·2 Mar·5 min

A stylised film projector beam falling across a row of empty cinema seats

Industry

Sean Baker Uses Oscars Night to Argue for Theatres

Sean Baker's four-award sweep for Anora at the 97th Academy Awards was the industry headline. His acceptance speech, which explicitly called on audiences to see films in cinemas, was the industrial subtext.

Casey Winters·4 Aug·4 min