A riotous comedy about how a lapdancer gets embroiled with Russian gangsters in New York’s Brighton Beach is not the most ...

Yura Borisov and Mark Eydelshteyn are the breakout stars of "Anora." They tell us about vaping during auditions and getting ...

American writer-director Sean Baker’s latest film continues his interest in people on the fringes of society. This time, he ...

Many are immigrants — Brighton Beach is home to a large Russian population, but the pageant prides itself ... were crowned the winners of their respective categories. A New Jersey native and ...

love (ultimately), and the Russian diaspora of New York City. It’s also a line I know well; I have said it more times than I ...

Sean Baker, who directed the action rom-com “Anora,” meets the actors Karren Karagulian and Vache Tovmasyan for a tour of Russophone Brooklyn, where the cast lived during filming.

So while his new film, Anora ... takes a trip down the Upper Bay to the Russian enclave of Brighton Beach, and stars Mikey Madison as Anora – or Ani to her friends and clients.

“Anora,” which won the Palme d’Or at Cannes, is the year’s first real must-see and could be a scrappy Oscar contender. It ...

love (ultimately), and the Russian diaspora of New York City. It’s also a line I know well; I have said it more times than I can count. Like Ani, I grew up on Brighton Beach, the Russophone ...