Anora

This film just keeps getting better and better after every single watch. Every 5 oscars this film got was very much deserved. This film is everytime so surprising. Acting is just amazing. Mikey Madison gives a absolute stunning of a performance. If she didn't get that oscar I would have lost it. That final scene with her is truly heartbreaking and her amazing acting in it just makes the scene. Atmosphere is so great as well. The city is done in a surprising way by giving us the dirty look of the city not the dream world type like films usally do. This I did mention in my Lilja 4-ever review since this and Lilja 4-Ever's atmosphere's do not differ a lot. Directing is truly just excellent. Sean Baker deserved that oscar so easily. Like it was not even close. This films directing is so good and also gives Lilja 4-ever vibes. I just love the hand held camera work and overall the directing is just over the top. The long sequences are so to say perfectly directed. I wanna also give special applause to the ending. It's one of my favorite moments in this film. It ends all this chaos so well and it's acted so great. The atmosphere with the snow, car and kinda depressing vibe adds so much depth to it. Then Ani feeling like she needs to repay Igor for the ring with sex because that's what she's been used to feeling, but Igor wanting more love instead makes this ending so deep. The ending gives so much meaning to this film. After my 4th rewatch of this film I can safely move this film from the 25th spot to my top 10 in my top 50 list. Crazy how I first gave this film 3 stars, then 4.5 and then 5 stars and it's just been getting better every rewatch. Anora is truly one of it's kind. [ Click here for my top 50 list](https://boxd.it/nEbGq) 10