The Oscar race is, it seems, coming down to a contest between what is unquestionably the worst movie of 2024— Emilia Perez —and what might be the best movie of 2024. That would be Anora , an uncategorizable and unclassifiable story of a lost soul, a 23-year-old stripper in Brooklyn who also trades sexual favors for money. She hits the financial and emotional jackpot when the son of a Russian oligarch falls for her. So it’s a love story, albeit an entirely transactional one—beautifully and