As awards season marches on, this week we took a look at one of the dark-horse darlings of 2024: Anora. Already the winner of the Critics' Choice Award for Best Picture and the coveted Palme d'Or from the Cannes Film Festival, this visceral Cinderella story gone wrong features a powerhouse performance from Mikey Madison as the titular Anora. It is a story of perceived love, performed love, and the tribulations of a young woman whose only crime was thinking that finally fate was giving her a chance to be the lucky one. Quite the Valentine's Day special indeed. Hold onto your butts, dear listeners, this one is intense.
