Lands of Contrast

Anora and No Other Land

Watching

Anora (2024)

Anora holds the distinction of being the first Sean Baker movie I’ve actually liked; there’s a first time for everything in this line of business. Anora/“Ani” (Mikey Madison) is a young woman who lives in Brooklyn and works at a strip club. Besides that, we know hardly anything else about her—we’re told there’s a mom in Miami, a gran…