One of the things Sean Baker does exceptionally well is draw us into a vivid and highly specific milieu, nurturing our affections for characters who are rough-edged, to put it mildly, and then whip up a vortex of steadily escalating chaos. The writer-director is like a conductor of raw symphonies about people from the marginalized fringes caught in a dizzying whirl, sometimes of their own making and sometimes not. Sex workers have been a big part of Baker’s gallery of outsiders, which makes Anora a fine addition to his terrific body of work.
As a character, played by Mikey Madison with a sweetness that humanizes even the most transactional situations and a defensiveness that makes her dangerous when threatened, Anora, who goes by Ani, stands alongside the defiantly resilient protagonists of Baker’s last handful of films, from Starlet and Tangerine through The Florida Project and Red Rocket.
Ani...
As a character, played by Mikey Madison with a sweetness that humanizes even the most transactional situations and a defensiveness that makes her dangerous when threatened, Anora, who goes by Ani, stands alongside the defiantly resilient protagonists of Baker’s last handful of films, from Starlet and Tangerine through The Florida Project and Red Rocket.
Ani...
- 5/21/2024
- by David Rooney
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Yellowstone is coming to an end, and it's not only Paramount who will suffer.
As the key to Yellowstone streaming, Peacock loses a golden goose, too.
What better way than to introduce a real-live ranch family who, like the Duttons, are fighting for their future in a dying world?
Peacock has announced a new original unscripted series, The McBee Dynasty: Real American Cowboys.
The series, from Jeff Jenkins Productions, follows patriarch Steve McBee, the hard-working founder of the family business, and his four sons:
Steven Jr. the business-minded heir apparent; Cole, the underdog who works hard in the field; Jesse the quiet cowboy, and Brayden, who has the least interest in farming.
The docuseries reveals the high-stakes world of farming and ranching in rural Missouri and what it takes to be a real American cowboy.
Viewers will also get a behind-the-scenes look into a family dynasty and the sibling rivalry...
As the key to Yellowstone streaming, Peacock loses a golden goose, too.
What better way than to introduce a real-live ranch family who, like the Duttons, are fighting for their future in a dying world?
Peacock has announced a new original unscripted series, The McBee Dynasty: Real American Cowboys.
The series, from Jeff Jenkins Productions, follows patriarch Steve McBee, the hard-working founder of the family business, and his four sons:
Steven Jr. the business-minded heir apparent; Cole, the underdog who works hard in the field; Jesse the quiet cowboy, and Brayden, who has the least interest in farming.
The docuseries reveals the high-stakes world of farming and ranching in rural Missouri and what it takes to be a real American cowboy.
Viewers will also get a behind-the-scenes look into a family dynasty and the sibling rivalry...
- 2/22/2024
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
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