Author: Brooks Barnes Alissa Wilkinson Esther Zuckerman

Oscars 2025 Takeaways: ‘Anora’ Dominates Top Awards Image The success of “Anora” reflected an academy in transition.Credit…Philip Cheung for The New York Times The genre-hopping “Anora,” a nonchalant take on sex work filled with shouted profanities, won best picture and four other Oscars at the 97th Academy Awards. It was a nontraditional choice that reflected…