Anora is a heartbreaking fairytale (a fairyfail?) that subverts the genre with Sean Baker’s signature hyper-realism style of filmmaking. The film’s chaotic storytelling infuses elements of screwball comedy in a way that only Baker can execute. Operating with a budget three times larger than his previous most expensive film, The Florida Project, Baker capitalizes on this opportunity to create his biggest and wildest work yet.
Anora unfolds like a cinematic rhapsody; the film is free-flowing and episodic in nature, as…
