Oscar hopeful Anora ‘brings back what’s been missing from modern cinema’

Anora is one of the hottest contenders for the 2025 Oscars (Picture: Neon via AP)It’s a huge task for any filmmaker to try to bring back something from the past on screen: at a time when cinema is changing rapidly, it feels almost impossible.But Sean Baker had an intention with his latest effort Anora, one of the most critically acclaimed films of 2024 and the winner of this year’s Palme D’Or – to reintroduce something to modern-day cinema that has been missing.Of his ins