End Credits #366 - November 20, 2024 (Anora)

This week on End Credits, we learn to love. No, we're not reviewing Netflix's Hot Frosty, though that might be a hoot-and-a-half, we're doing something much more down to Earth by focusing on a candidate for "Best Film of the Year." Yes, we're reviewing Anora, and in that spirit, we're going to talk about movies featuring couples of the less-than-fairy tale variety.

This Wednesday, November 20, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Tim Phillips will discuss:

Bad Romance. There are a lot of Hollywood movies where couples live happily ever after, but not all of them. In fact, we'll put odds that one out of every two romantic movies feature couples who never should have even thought about getting together in the first place. There's a reason why "toxic" has become a watch word in the culture. To kick things off this week, we're going to talk some of movies' baddest bad romances, so cue up the Lady Gaga!

REVIEW: Anora (2024). Sean Baker's films chronicle the ways in which working class people struggle on the margins in modern America, and he usual lands on a very specific industry: sex work. In Anora, Ani meets Vanya as she's the only performer at her strip club that speaks Russian, and thus begins a whirlwind romance that ends with the two married in a typically tacky Vegas wedding. But that's just the beginning of the story. With a star-making lead performance by Mikey Madison, we'll discuss why Anora is a strong candidate for the best film of the year.

End Credits is on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca Wednesday at 3 pm.