Mikey Madison – ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS

THE SOCIAL RECKONING – Review by Diane Carson

October 8, 2026October 9, 2026 Diane Carson aaron sorkin, Alexandre Desplat, Betty Gilpin, facebook, Frances Haugen, jeremy allen white, jeremy strong, Mark Zuckerberg, Mikey Madison, The Facebook Files, The Social Reckoning, The Wall Street Journal

With his characteristic targeted dialogue and efficient pace, writer/director Aaron Sorkin dramatizes an uncomplicated but extremely important story in The Social Reckoning. The Wall Street Journal investigative reporter Jeff Horwitz’s (Jeremy Allen White) search for the truth about Facebook’s guiding principles and safety protocols (or lack thereof) depends on Frances Haugen (Mikey Madison). Only internal documents will provide essential details which Haugen at first parses and reluctantly shares. However, as her moral compass guides her, Haugen will become the lynchpin in critical, corporate revelations substantiating the danger and damage known and indifferently perpetrated by Facebook. In a parallel scenario, CEO Mark Zuckerberg (Jeremy Strong) preps for Congressional testimony, prompted and advised by unscrupulous advisers.

Reviews

ANORA – Review by Susan Granger

February 7, 2025February 9, 2025 Susan Granger Anora, hulu, Mark Eydelshteyn, Mikey Madison, sean Baker, Yuri Borisov

Winner at the Directors’ Guild, Producers’ Guild, Critics’ Choice, Cannes Film Festival and Best Picture Oscar nominee Anora may have a similar concept to Pretty Woman but with one helluva difference. Oscar nominee Sean Baker’s raucous, raunchy rom-com revolves around Anora – a.k.a. Ani (Oscar nominee Mikey Madison) – a tough-talking 23-year-old stripper from Brighton Beach in South Brooklyn, who hooks up with 21-year-old Ivan (Mark Eydelshteyn), the obscenely spoiled son of a Russian oligarch.

Festivals Reviews

ANORA (TIFF 2024) – Review by Liz Braun

September 16, 2024September 16, 2024 Liz Braun Aleksey Serebryakov, Anora, Darya Ekamasova, Karren Karagulian, Mark Eidelshtein, Mikey Madison, sean Baker, TIFF 2024

Anora is a terrific movie, but no surprise there — it’s been winning over audiences since it took the Palme D’Or at Cannes last spring. Writer/director Sean Baker once again mines the world o’ sex work to find a great story populated by a rag-tag crowd of the dispossessed and disenfranchised. In Anora, a young sex worker marries the son of a Russian oligarch; she then has to deal with the fallout when his powerful parents show up, demanding an annulment. It’s a Damon Runyon tale for the 21st century, a subversive Cinderella story that’s hugely energetic and often very funny.