With COVID lockdowns now five years in the rear view, indie distributors have teamed up to deliver theatrical screenings for ...

Rex’s Mikey is a former porn star who returns to his wife Lexi (the excellent Bree Elrod) in a small Texas town as the film opens. Lexi and her mother (Brenda Deiss) don’t want Mikey around but when ...

Red Rocket is a 2021 American dark comedy-drama film. It follows Mikey Saber, a former porn star who returns to his small Texas hometown after being kicked out of Los Angeles. With no money and ...

Summary Sean Baker’s “Red Rocket” is a very fun but adequately uncomfortable film which follows the homeward bound journey of down-on-his-luck porn star Mikey Saber. Great editing and filmwork, ...

Brenda Deiss, the breakout star of Sean Baker’s Red Rocket indie movie in 2021, has died. She was 60. The unexpected movie actress who appeared alongside Simon Rex in the drama about a washed-up actor ...

Brenda Deiss, the Texas City local who made her acting debut in Sean Baker’s 2021 film “Red Rocket,” has died of complications after suffering a stroke. She was 60. The former secretary appeared in ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook This image is from the official trailer for “Red Rocket,” distributed by A24. “Red Rocket” is one ...

Red Rocket comes from the brilliant mind of filmmaker Sean Baker and follows a washed-up porn star who returns to his hometown in Texas. Mikey crosses paths with his estranged ex-wife Lexi, played by ...

Sean Baker knows all about the pandemic pivot. After the critical success of “The Florida Project,” he’d spent two years prepping a larger-scaled movie about activism to shoot in Vancouver when the ...

Porn stars. Families living in motels. Immigrants delivering takeout. Sex workers. Street vendors hawking designer knockoffs. To society, they are on the margins. To Sean Baker, they are the shining ...

For Variety‘s Writers on Writers, Jonathan Raymond pens a tribute to “Red Rocket” (screenplay by Sean Baker and Chris Bergoch.) Often, there’s a slight delay before an era finds its shape. The Nixon ...

Deiss, after a chance encounter with writer-director Sean Baker, starred with Simon Rex in Baker's indie drama about a washed-up actor looking to reboot his Texas hometown. By Etan Vlessing Canada ...