Why Anora might now be the film to beat for Best Picture at the 2025 Oscars
Distributor NEON has won Best Picture before with Parasite, shedding the narrative that a film not in the English language can’t win the Oscars’ top honor. Anora hearkens back to the glories of New Hollywood, a time where more risqué subject matter was widely embraced by the Academy voters as conduit for commentary on the times.