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Filmmaker Sean Baker on his sex-worker story ‘Anora’ and refusing to play it safe
The director of ‘The Florida Project’ and ‘Tangerine’ is tipped for Oscar success but says ‘I’m staying in reality’9 hours ago -
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‘I just thought I’d made a crazy-ass exploitation movie’: 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 about ...5 days ago -
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‘Smile 2’ grinning to No. 1 at box office while ‘Anora’ glitters in limited release
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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 ...6 days ago -
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‘Really speaks to sex workers’: can Anora help humanise a degraded profession?
Sean Baker’s acclaimed and Oscar-tipped new drama focuses on a sex worker, a story that led him to consult with those who live and work in that world. In Anora , a wilful young woman engaged in ...October 18 -
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Gold: ‘the ultimate perceived safe haven asset’?
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Review: Sean Baker's freewheeling 'Anora' is a stripper's fairy tale crashing to Earth
Starring an inspired Mikey Madison, who dominates in the role of a stripper who falls for the wrong guy, Sean Baker's high-energy comedy comes with a side of sadness.October 16 -
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Sean "Diddy" Combs seeking release of names of his accusers
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Lobbying World: House Appropriations Chair chief joins Baker Donelson
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Lawyers for Sean 'Diddy' Combs ask judge to release identities of his accusers
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Sean 'Diddy' Combs' attorneys ask judge to publicly identify his accusers
Attorneys for Sean “Diddy” Combs filed a motion Tuesday requesting that his accusers in a federal sex trafficking case be publicly identified so he can prepare a proper defense.October 16 -
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Trump stops answering questions to play music at townhall as Harris questions his fitness
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'Anora' might be the movie of the year. Sean Baker hopes it changes some things
Sean Baker's “Anora” is by wide consensus one of the year’s best films and a best picture contender at the OscarsOctober 15 -
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Movie Review: Strippers, oligarchs and a fairy tale gone sideways, ‘Anora’ is a wild ride
“Anora” is a fairy tale that spoilsOctober 15 -
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Trop stingrays safely reach aquarium after Milton
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Attendees faint, Trump plays his favorite music at bizarre town hall in Pennsylvania
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