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Best Director: Sean Baker (“Anora”) (R)

Louise Lawhead, Reporter

April 28, 2025

“I shared my playlist with him, and he was very rude and dismissive.” – “Anora” (2024)

“Anora” follows Anora Mikheeva (Mikey Madison), a sex worker as she falls into a whirlwind romance with a wealthy Russian oligarch heir, Ivan Zakharov (Mark Eydelshteyn).

His family finds out and rushes to New York to annul the marriage, calling it invalid because of Anora’s career.

Anora claims they’re in love, but Ivan doesn’t defend her, brushing her off.

Ivan runs away, leaving Anora trapped with the bodyguards of the family who force her to help them find Ivan.

The ending is gut wrenching and bittersweet, perfectly tied together by director Sean Baker. This film was Baker’s highest-grossing film, using incredible coloring and shots to add nuance to the movie.

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Louise Lawhead, Reporter

Louise Lawhead is a sophomore reporter and is looking forward to her second year on Tatler. She is most excited to write not only fun articles about media and trends but also articles on important subjects and advocacy. Outside of school, you may find her in musicals, constantly watching movies or hanging out with her friends. Besides show tunes, her go-to music artists are Tyler, the Creator, TV Girl, Reneé Rapp and Radiohead. If Louise were banned from watching “Carrie” or the original Broadway cast of “Newsies” ever again, she would delete all social media and change her identity. She is looking forward to spending another year with this amazing group!