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Awards Radar Podcast #232.5: Joey Interviews Oscar Winners Sean Baker, Adrien Brody, Mikey Madison, and More!
Welcome back to the Awards Radar Podcast. In each episode, Editor Joey Magidson (that’s me!) will be joined by some of the staff of Awards Radar to talk about the latest in film, television, and entertainment in general. The show will obviously have an awards season slant to it, but we won’t forget about other […] More
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‘Anora’ Got Her Fairy Tale Ending at the Oscars
Anora is, at its core, about the American Dream. It’s about the fantasy aspect of it, as well as the cold and stark realities of it. Hell, it’s even about the impossibility of it, given the modern world and circumstances that many a citizen live in. That Sean Baker does it in such a fun […] More
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The Fifth Annual Awards Radar Awards (Part One): The Best Performances of 2024
Believe it or not folks, we’re here. Welcome to the end of the year! With only a few days left in 2024, it’s time to start giving out some prizes. Today, we kick off the Fifth Annual Awards Radar Awards, also known as the Joey Awards (because, as mentioned last year and the year before, […] More
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Interview: ‘Anora’ Star Mikey Madison Discusses Finding the Title Character and Her Acclaimed Performance
To call Anora a breakthrough for Mikey Madison is to do a disservice to both the film and the actress. The movie itself as brilliant, as I’ve already said, while Madison has already had our attention previously. Together, however, they create something truly stunning. I spoke to Sean Baker about the movie on the same […] More
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New Trailer for ‘Anora’ Features a Quote By Our Own Joey Magidson!
Back at the Telluride Film Festival, our own editor Joey Magidson absolutely fell in love with Sean Baker‘s latest film Anora. Giving it four stars (review here), he called the movie a “spectacular achievement” and wrote that it is “the best movie of the year.” Well, as it gets set to begin its theatrical run next week, a […] More
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Telluride Film Review: Sean Baker’s ‘Anora’ is Another Spectacular Achievement Featuring a Towering Turn From Mikey Madison
Sean Baker has made a career out of de-stigmatizing sex work. He’s clearly fascinated by characters who exist, to one degree or another, on the margins of society, seen as “other” in some way. Not only does it set him apart as a storyteller, it leads to some incredibly unique works. Starlet, Tangerine, The Florida […] More
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Official Trailer Released for Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or Winner ‘Anora’
Today brings the first official trailer for Anora, billed as a love story from Sean Baker. The movie won the coveted Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival this year, setting it up as potentially the first big time Oscar vehicle for Baker. Anora stars Mikey Madison in the title role, with Baker writing and […] More
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NEON Acquires Sean Baker’s Upcoming Film ‘Anora’
After a short run with A24, Sean Baker has a new distributor for his latest project. The film is Anora, which is a star vehicle for Mikey Madison. The distribution house, well, it’s none other than NEON, which represents another indie filmmaker working with the shingle. According to The Hollywood Reporter, NEON will distribute the […] More
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Sean Baker Announces ‘Anora’ With Mikey Madison Starring
Sean Baker announces the title of his latest movie, with Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’s Mikey Madison starring. More
