
Los Angeles: “Anora,” a strip club Cinderella story without the fairy tale ending, was crowned best picture at the 97th Academy Awards Sunday, handing Sean Baker’s gritty, Brooklyn-set screwball farce the top prize. In a stubbornly fluctuating Oscar season, “Anora,” the Palme d’Or-winner at the Cannes Film Festival, emerged as the unlikely frontrunner. Baker’s tale […]