Emily Harris breaks down Best Picture winner “Anora,” and explores how its familiar narrative and messages fail to live up to its acclaim.

Baker wrote and directed the story of a Brooklyn sex worker, which was nominated for six Oscars at the 97th Academy Awards.

In awarding 'Anora,' a film about a sex worker, Oscar voters still get to posture themselves as progressive while avoiding ...

(Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images) “Anora” has been a clear favorite throughout award season, winning a BAFTA, a Critics’ Choice Award, and three Independent Spirit Awards.

Anora writer and director Sean Baker advocated for independent filmmaking during his final speech at the 97th Academy Awards, ...

The victories by Anora and Baker at the Indie Spirits ... Best Picture at the Critics Choice Awards, top prizes at the DGA, PGA, and WGA, and then BAFTA honors for casting and lead actress ...

In addition to this Oscar win, "Anora" also won several awards leading up to Hollywood's biggest night, including the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, Best Picture at the Critics' Choice ...

Anora was nominated for seven British Academy Film Awards, where it won Best Actress and Best Casting. It was nominated in seven total categories at the Critics' Choice Awards, where it took home ...

Critics Choice Award and SAG Award), and I'd say she has the leg up in this category. But she's not in the clear yet. There's Mikey Madison, who delivered a towering performance in "Anora," for which ...