Anora: rom-com, realist documentary, or social indictment?
On a snap decision over carton egg omelettes at brunch, I bought tickets to see Anora at the AMC in West Harlem at 9pm on a Friday night. The winner of the much-coveted Palm D’or, the film details the exotic dancers Ani’s (Mikey Madison), whirlwind engagement to the awkward but opulently wealthy son of Russian oligarch, Vanya (Mark Eydelshteyn). The backdrop is wintery Brooklyn, and the soundtrack is early 2000s British club bangers. The absurdism continues.
The Superhighway of "The Code"
The Code takes place in COVID-era Palm Springs and follows a raunchy couple who rents out an Airbnb so that Celine, the girlfriend, can film a documentary of the “unprecedented times” they are living in. Jay, the boyfriend, becomes worried about the around-the-clock, security-style filming that Celine utilizes to make her documentary more realistic. Feeling that Celine is trying to “catch” him, he sets up his own camera system to monitor her. A strange kind of war ensues.
