Anora x Criterion Signing [SOLD OUT]
Amoeba Hollywood - April 29th @ 5:00pm
UPDATE: TICKETS TO ATTEND THE SIGNING EVENT ARE NOW SOLD OUT.
Anora, Prince of Broadway and Take Out will be available for purchase at Amoeba starting 4/29.
Amoeba celebrates the Criterion Collection’s release of Anora with an in-store signing featuring director Sean Baker, producers Samantha Quan and Alex Coco, and cast members Vache Tovmasyan and Lindsey Normington Tuesday, April 29th at 5pm! They will be meeting fans and signing copies of Anora, as well as Criterion’s releases of Baker’s earlier films Prince of Broadway (new) and Take Out. Event attendees will also receive an event-exclusive Anora poster pre-signed by Sean Baker and Mikey Madison (limit one per person/attendee).
To attend:
- Pre-purchase your copy of Anora (on 4K+BLU-RAY, BLU-RAY or DVD) in-store at Amoeba Hollywood starting NOW to receive a ticket to attend the signing.
- In addition to Anora fans may pre-purchase Prince of Broadway & Take Out.
- Limit of 1 copy of each title per person (3 total max for signing)
- No outside or additional items will be allowed/signed at this event. All titles must be purchased at Amoeba Hollywood.
- Fans will receive their pre-purchased items on 4/29. Must have receipt + attached ticket to pick up.
- Space is limited.
- In-store purchase only for the signing event. No online or phone orders.
Anora (4K+BLU-RAY, BLU-RAY or DVD) Contemporary cinema’s foremost chronicler of American dreamers and schemers hustling on the margins of capitalist promise, Sean Baker, reaches new heights of mastery with this audacious anti–Cinderella story—a whirlwind neorealist screwball comedy with an aching heart. In an electric, star-is-born performance, Mikey Madison soars as Anora, an enterprising, ferociously foulmouthed Brooklyn erotic dancer and sex worker whose Prince Not-So-Charming comes along in the form of a Russian oligarch’s wild-child son (Mark Eydelshteyn). This is the beginning of a fractured fairy tale—also featuring standout performances from Karren Karagulian, Yura Borisov, and Vache Tovmasyan—that turns the cruel realities of class inside out. Winner of the Palme d’Or at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, Anora confirms Baker as one of our preeminent auteurs.
Prince Of Broadway (BLU-RAY) A raw, disarmingly moving slice of neorealism, this early-career triumph from DIY auteur Sean Baker plunges into the world of West African immigrant Lucky (Prince Adu) and his Armenian Lebanese boss Levon (Karren Karagulian), two unlikely friends who peddle knockoff designer goods in Manhattan’s wholesale district. When a long-forgotten ex forces him to take care of a young son he didn’t even know he had, Lucky must figure out how to become a father without losing his edge in the counterfeit-merch game. Capturing the chaos of urban life through expressive handheld camera work, remarkably naturalistic performances, and flashes of manic humor, Prince of Broadway is one of Baker’s most vivid explorations of the illusory nature of the American dream.
Take Out (BLU-RAY) The American dream has rarely seemed so far away as in Sean Baker and Shih-Ching Tsou’s raw, vérité Take Out, an immersion in the life of an undocumented Chinese immigrant struggling to get by on the margins of post-9/11 New York City. Facing violent retaliation from a loan shark, restaurant deliveryman Ming Ding has until nightfall to pay back the money he owes, and he encounters both crushing setbacks and moments of unexpected humanity as he races against time to earn enough in tips over the course of a frantic day. From this simple setup, Baker and Tsou fashion a kind of neorealist survival thriller of the everyday, shedding compassionate light on the too often overlooked lives and labor that keep New York running.
