Sean Baker's Palm d'Or-winning drama Anora has taken the critical world by storm, making it a kind of culmination of the indie auteur's multi-decade body of work about marginalized characters and socio-economic plight. And, in that regard, it is a notable work, one that pushes boundaries, skirts genre expectations, and puts front and center the kind of social desperation and disdain that is so often sidelined (or sentimentalized) in Hollywood fare. The characters to whom Baker is drawn are usually, at best, fringe dwellers or supporting figures who would exist only to add 'œcolor' in mainstream cinema. Starting ... Read More