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Joyful couple embracing under fireworks display, woman holding red rose.
Review

Anora review – an amazing, hypermodern concept for a film

by David Jenkins

A young sex work­er thinks she’s hit the jack­pot when she falls for a Russ­ian nepo baby, but his par­ents have oth­er plans in Sean Bak­er’s anti-rom-com.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Two people, an adult man and a young girl, engaged in conversation at a workbench. The room is bright orange.
Review

Red Rocket

by Ella Kemp

Simon Rex plays a washed-up porn actor in Sean Baker’s sparkling char­ac­ter study set around the Tex­an fringes.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Dilapidated green building with overgrown grass in foreground; three young people sitting in grass
Review

The Florida Project

by David Jenkins

There’s mag­ic in every sin­gle frame of writer/​director Sean Baker’s spell­bind­ing latest.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Woman with long brown hair standing in front of a vibrant, colourful graffiti wall.
Review

Tangerine

by Katherine McLaughlin

This euphor­ic night-before-Christ­mas revenge caper is one of the year’s most pure­ly enjoy­able films.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect