Sex worker drama 'Anora' sweeps Oscars with five awards including best picture

Russians watching state television on Monday morning were treated to some unprecedented footage. For the first time since Vladimir Putin launched his full-scale invasion of Ukraine three years ago, the Oscars were on the news...

The Oscars Have, Against All Odds, Acquired Good Taste

Whatever you think of ‘Anora,’ it’s not the traditional middlebrow drama that has dominated in years past. A hipper, more adventurous Academy is redefining what “Oscars bait” really means.

The highlights from the 97th Academy Awards

LOS ANGELES — “Anora,” a strip club Cinderella story without the fairy tale ending, was crowned best picture at the 97th Academy Awards on Sunday, handing Sean Baker’s gritty, Brooklyn-set screwball farce Hollywood’s top prize. In a stubbornly fluctuating Oscar season, “Anora,” the Palme d’Or-winner at the Cannes Film Festival, emerged as the unlikely frontrunner. Baker’s tale of an erotic dancer who elopes with the son of a Russian oligarch — u…

How the 2025 Oscars Used Likely Illegal Criteria to Block Conservative Films from Consideration

Although the 2025 Oscars were tepid in their TDS, issues from the era of DEI still remained a strong force in the background. A requirement for diversity across a broad spectrum of creative and technical rubrics meant that many movies and documentaries that Americans loved were simply "unfit" for Hollywood's biggest night. Americans, of course, give the ultimate award with money and viewership. The post How the 2025 Oscars Used Likely Illegal Cr…

The complete list of 2025 Oscars winners

The 97th Academy Awards took place Sunday night at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. Anora won five Oscars, including best picture, best actress, achievements in directing and editing, and best original screenplay.Zoe Saldaña won the Academy Award for best actress in a supporting role for her performance in Emilia Pérez, making her the first American of Dominican descent to win an Oscar. Paul Tazewell won the Academy Award for costume design for h…

Where can I stream 'Anora?'

Even before its big win at the Academy Awards, Anora was already generating buzz. The new film from Sean Baker won the Palme d’Or at last year’s Cannes film festival and received incredibly high praise from critics and audiences alike upon its general release. But the winning streak didn’t stop there. Last night Anora bagged an impressive five Oscars, including the Best Actress award for break-out star Mikey Madison along with four awards for Se…