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Two movies about chasing a better life and contending with what a name can mean—it's Anora vs. Mousehunt.
Sean Baker's Oscar winner Anora and the 1997 slapstick comedy Mousehunt are both stories about people desperate to increase their position in the world and discovering that the name you carry (or don't) determines the game you're playing. Emily connects the dots between a young sex worker's bid for legitimacy and two brothers trying to cash in on an inheritance, revealing how both films interrogate class, ambition, and the American dream.
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Two movies about chasing a better life and contending with what a name can mean—it's Anora vs. Mousehunt.
Sean Baker's Oscar winner Anora and the 1997 slapstick comedy Mousehunt are both stories about people desperate to increase their position in the world and discovering that the name you carry (or don't) determines the game you're playing. Emily connects the dots between a young sex worker's bid for legitimacy and two brothers trying to cash in on an inheritance, revealing how both films interrogate class, ambition, and the American dream.