When Sean Baker and Mikey Madison arrive at the Deadline shoot for this article, it’s a beautiful, clear blue-sky day in Los Angeles. Just for a moment, it’s almost as though the fires and smoke of ...

Sean Baker’s Anora is the riotous story of Ani aka Anora (Mikey Madison), an exotic dancer from Brighton Beach who turns tricks on the side. After she meets Russian oligarch’s son Ivan (Mark ...

Back in 2008, Sean Baker hit his stride with Prince of Broadway, the story of an illegal Ghanaian street vendor in downtown New York whose hustling ways ... about a washed-up porn actor returning home ...

No actors? How did this happen? Is it legal? [ ‘Ireland taking British awards is f**king hilarious ... Brady Corbet, for The Brutalist Sean Baker, for Anora Jacques Audiard, for Emilia ...

The director of 'Anora' wants filmmakers to fight for more theatrical exclusivity, but in 2024 the window dropped to 32 days.

After his sweep of the PGA and DGA awards, we catch up with the "Anora" writer-director in the upper offices of the Aero ...

Like other initial limited-release films, it’s not part of our survey. Baker’s film opened in six theaters October 18, saw its widest release November 17, and went to PVOD 30 days later ...

Sean Baker with DP Drew Daniels on the set of "Anora ... Were you looking to explore new areas? Well, not new areas. But I guess you could say it’s a further exploration of the stuff I ...

“They were able to pull off a $6 million film shot on film in New York City in ... the way I will be directing actors in the future, because of what she gave,” Baker said.