Post a famous bathroom scene.
January 5, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Post a famous bathroom scene.
Speak No Evil (2022)
August 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Speak No Evil (2022)
For me, this is the real tragedy of Anora - that Ani has lost something precious within HERSELF. It's a coming-of-age story, a classic tale of a young person losing their innocent, youthful idealism in the face of an unfair and unforgiving world.
July 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
For me, this is the real tragedy of Anora - that Ani has lost something precious within HERSELF. It's a coming-of-age story, a classic tale of a young person losing their innocent, youthful idealism in the face of an unfair and unforgiving world.
This is the context in which we must read the final scene of Anora, where we also see Ani - who is also not so far from girlhood herself at the age of 23 - break down into tears after Igor tries to kiss her.
July 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
This is the context in which we must read the final scene of Anora, where we also see Ani - who is also not so far from girlhood herself at the age of 23 - break down into tears after Igor tries to kiss her.
In Anora, Ani's turn happens in reverse - her fairytale fantasy marriage is shattered halfway through the film. Suddenly the bright colors, music and revelry give way to chaos, betrayal, violence.
July 28, 2025 at 4:41 PM
In Anora, Ani's turn happens in reverse - her fairytale fantasy marriage is shattered halfway through the film. Suddenly the bright colors, music and revelry give way to chaos, betrayal, violence.
...and then, without stopping THROUGH those gates....all the way to Cinderella's castle before fade to black.
July 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
...and then, without stopping THROUGH those gates....all the way to Cinderella's castle before fade to black.
Her best friend, Jancey, grabs her hand. Hopeful music suddenly soars behind them as the two girls run, and run, and run - magically, along highways, across parking lots, all the way to the gates of the Disney park...
July 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Her best friend, Jancey, grabs her hand. Hopeful music suddenly soars behind them as the two girls run, and run, and run - magically, along highways, across parking lots, all the way to the gates of the Disney park...
In an ending scene that mirrors "Anora", we see brash 6 y/o heroine Moonee finally break down into tears - like the child she's always been - and then suddenly everything changes...
July 28, 2025 at 4:35 PM
In an ending scene that mirrors "Anora", we see brash 6 y/o heroine Moonee finally break down into tears - like the child she's always been - and then suddenly everything changes...
As a deconstructed Cinderella story, Anora resonates especially with the Disney-inflected "Florida Project", a story of poverty and sex work that takes place on the shore of the Magic Kingdom, through the eyes of a child.
July 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
As a deconstructed Cinderella story, Anora resonates especially with the Disney-inflected "Florida Project", a story of poverty and sex work that takes place on the shore of the Magic Kingdom, through the eyes of a child.
Even the counterfeit designer clothing that Lucky hawks in "Prince of Broadway" metaphorically represents this: the contrived image of wealth and abundance that these characters are trying to WILL into reality.
July 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Even the counterfeit designer clothing that Lucky hawks in "Prince of Broadway" metaphorically represents this: the contrived image of wealth and abundance that these characters are trying to WILL into reality.
Alexandra's vocal performance in the bar in "Tangerine". Mikey's belief in his imminent big comeback in "Red Rocket". Jane buying two tickets to Paris in "Starlet".
July 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Alexandra's vocal performance in the bar in "Tangerine". Mikey's belief in his imminent big comeback in "Red Rocket". Jane buying two tickets to Paris in "Starlet".
For many characters in Baker's films, the fantasy is an image in which they transcend the struggle of their lives, wherein poverty and social stigma have forced them to build visions of themselves beyond the demeaning and disrespectful gaze of society writ large.
July 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
For many characters in Baker's films, the fantasy is an image in which they transcend the struggle of their lives, wherein poverty and social stigma have forced them to build visions of themselves beyond the demeaning and disrespectful gaze of society writ large.
I've been a Baker fan for a while. Watching Anora, it's impossible not to see through-lines with his other work, which, like Anora, are windows into both the stigmatization of sex work, and the myth of the American meritocracy set against a backdrop of stark class division and economic inequality.
July 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I've been a Baker fan for a while. Watching Anora, it's impossible not to see through-lines with his other work, which, like Anora, are windows into both the stigmatization of sex work, and the myth of the American meritocracy set against a backdrop of stark class division and economic inequality.
In the final scene of Anora, Igor gives Ani the wedding ring he secretly kept for her. Ani climbs on top of him in the driver's seat, and they have sex. Then, Igor pulls her forcefully in for a kiss. She lashes out at him and then breaks down in tears while he holds her.
July 28, 2025 at 4:17 PM
In the final scene of Anora, Igor gives Ani the wedding ring he secretly kept for her. Ani climbs on top of him in the driver's seat, and they have sex. Then, Igor pulls her forcefully in for a kiss. She lashes out at him and then breaks down in tears while he holds her.