Anora

I AM GLAD THAT THE CINEMA VILLAGE IS GOING TO SCREEN "ANORA" BECAUSE IT DOES GIVE A VERY HOPEFUL JOURNEY FOR THE TITLE CHARACTER. HOWEVER, THERE WERE TWO FILMS THAT DEALT WITH THE SAME WORKING CLASS ISSUES AS "ANORA," BUT HAD A MUCH HARDER EDGE TO THEM (WHICH MAY BE WHY THEY WERE OVERLOOKED BY THE OSCAR VOTERS): "THE OLD OAK" & "HARD TRUTHS," I HOPE THAT THE CINEMA VILLAGE PROGRAMMERS WILL FIND A WAY TO SCREEN THOSE FILMS SOON!

I SAW THIS FILM< AT THE ANGELIKA & I THOUGHT IT WAS AN INSIGHTFUL LOOK AT HOW THE UPPER CLASS STILL LOOKS AT THE WORKING CLASS, & MIKEY MADISON CERTAINLY GIVES A CHARMING & TOUCHING PERFORMANCE. BUT, AT THE SAME TIME, I DON'T THINK THAT IT COMPARES TO THE EDGY & INTENSE PERFORMANCES GIVEN BY JULIANNE MOORE & TILDA SWINTON. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WEREN'T NOMINATED, OR WHY PEDRO ALMOVODAR (WHOM I NEVER REALLY CARED FROR BEFORE) WASN'T NOMINATED FOR BEST DIRECTOR, OR WHY IT WASN'T NOMINATED FOR BEST FILM. I ALSO WOULD HAVE LIKE TO HAVE SEEN JUDE LAW NOMINATED FOR BEST ACTOR FOR "THE ORDER" & WHY NICHOLAS HOULT WASN'T NOMINATED FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR & WHY NEITHER "THE ORDER" NOR "A DIFFERENT MAN" WEREN'T NOMINATED FOR BEST FILM. HOWEVER, THE BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT IS THAT "ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT" DIDN'T GET A SLOT FOR BEST FILM. I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT THE INDIAN FILM BOARD WAS THINKING WHEN THEY FAILED TO SUBMIT IT FOR BEST FOREIGN FILM. I WAS HOPING THAT THE OSCAR VOTERS WOULD BE WISER THAN THE INDIN FILM BOARD, BUT I GUESS IT WASN'T MEANT TO BE!