Does 'Anora' have all the right moves for Oscar voters?

Movies about, oregon astatine slightest prominently featuring, exotic dancers are not uncommon, but it’s uncommon for them to cleanable up astatine the container bureau and the Academy Awards. If “Anora” prima Mikey Madison wins a statuette, she volition beryllium the archetypal performer successful specified a relation to bash truthful successful 4 decades: Mary Steenburgen scored the supporting histrion trophy for 1980’s “Melvin and Howard,” and portion Natalie Portman and Marisa Tomei were nominated for portraying strippers successful 2004’s “Closer” and 2008’s “The Wrestler,” respectively, neither won an Oscar for those performances.

“We’re the Millers,” a 2013 drama starring Jennifer Aniston, is the top-grossing movie with a large quality versed successful the creation of exotic dancing. Next up: “The Full Monty,” a U.K.-set 1997 ensemble movie that was nominated for 4 Oscars, 2 down “Anora.”

The archetypal 2 “Magic Mike” movies besides fertile among the apical 10, on with 1983’s “Flashdance,” starring Jennifer Beals, and 2019’s “Hustlers,” led by Jennifer Lopez.

Like “The Full Monty,” “Anora” received a champion representation nomination. Yura Borisov’s supporting turn, arsenic good arsenic Sean Baker’s directing and screenplay, besides were recognized. The movie has grossed $36.5 cardinal arsenic of Feb. 10.