Sean Baker's Anora is not just an outstanding film on its own merits, but also contains a reference to Baker's previous film — a Red Rocket easter egg that reveals the fate of Strawberry, the aspiring ...

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 ...

Sean Baker used to be the indie world’s best-kept secret, until 2017’s The Florida Project—a study of a struggling single mom in the shadow of Disney World—took the director first to Cannes and later ...

Some movie scenes become enshrined in the history of Cinema — with a capital C — the moment they hit the screen. It is also the apotheosis of Mikey Saber, a washed-up adult film star desperate for a ...

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'Red Rocket' is a masterful piece of independent filmmaking. It's a non-stop roller coaster ride with an unforgettable performance from Simon Rex. This is one of the year's best movies. Mikey (Rex) is ...

Mikey Saber, the lead character in director Sean Baker’s “Red Rocket,” is unlikable. One hardly believes a word that comes out of his mouth. He uses people. Deals in drugs. Grooms young women for ...

In 2017, writer-director Sean Baker ascended to a new level of indie fame with his quietly heart-wrenching dramedy “The Florida Project.” His follow-up film, co-written with Chris Bergoch, tells the ...

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