Guidebook for a Post-Anora World

Some recs for your next post-Soviet fix

I was pleasantly surprised when Sean Baker’s Anora ended up the breakout film of award season, netting the Palme d'Or at Cannes, then a handful of the biggest Oscars earlier this week, including Best Actress for Mikey Madison. That last one was one of the film’s two biggest surprises for me, mostly because Madison blew me away playing an Uzbek-American …