Mike Leigh loves Anora and calls the film very impressive
“I guess Anura It’s a great film, I really consider it,” the legendary English director said Mike Lee He said Hollywood Reporter‘s Awards talks podcast this week while promoting his new movie, Hard facts. “I think it’s hugely impressive.”
Lee, who has been nominated for an Academy Award seven times and whose films have won top prizes at the Cannes and Venice Film Festivals, went on to say about the American film: Sean BakerWinner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes, which revolves around a stripper (Mickey Madison) who becomes romantically involved with a wealthy Russian agent with mob ties, said, “Their performances are solid and there’s no self-indulgent gimmicks,” adding, “At first you think, ‘Okay, right, there’s all this sex going on and these kids and blah, blah, blah.’ . Then you think, “Okay…” and then shit hits the fan.
Lee’s summation: “Boy, it’s really good.”
both of them Anurawhich is distributed by Neon, and Hard factsa Bleecker Street release, is among the most popular films of the season. Hard facts‘ Marianne Jean Baptiste She swept the Best Actress awards for the major critics groups — the National Society of Film Critics, the Los Angeles Film Critics Society (tied with Madison) and the New York Film Critics Circle — while Madison was nominated for Best Actress. It equates to the Golden Globes and Gotham Awards and is nominated for the upcoming Spirit Award. They are both nominated for Best Actress at the upcoming Critics’ Choice Awards.