In 2002, Ana, at the age of 24, began teaching dance classes in La Cava, a low-income neighborhood. There he meets 6-year-old Maria. In 2010, they make the decision to make a dance piece where both will participate in the creation as colleagues. But something unexpected happens and they have to suspend it; Ana, 33 years old, is pregnant and María, 16 years old, is also pregnant. Today, already mothers, they come together again to give shape to the work.
As a huge fan of Sean Baker’s Tangerine, The Florida Project, and Red Rocket, I’ve wanted to watch Anora since before it even was released. But life got in the way, my watchlist grew, and honestly, the fact that it was marketed as a romantic comedy put me off. Even with all the critical praise and the five Academy Awards it won last year, I just kept postponing it indefinitely.
A short film that begins with the language of romance but slowly reveals something far more unsettling beneath the surface.
Overall, Altered Carbon: Resleeved is pretty “meh.” It’s cool and all that it takes a different approach from the TV show to make it animated rather than live action, but it doesn’t help that the animation looks like something from a video game.
Richard speaks with Dia Frampton about some of her experiences with acting and music.
Much more than a meme, 'Barbenheimer' actually diversifies viewer bases and spreads the important message of both films wider than they otherwise would have!
“I’m always interested in exploring female fantasy, and the sexy witch is a loaded archetype that is simultaneously about men’s fears and fantasies about women, and women’s feelings of empowerment and agency. So whereas we are used to seeing the sexy witch or the femme fatale from the outside, I wanted to explore her from the inside.” - Anna Biller, on why she made The Love Witch
