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Joyful couple embracing under fireworks display, woman holding red rose.
Review

Anora review – an amazing, hypermodern concept for a film

by David Jenkins

A young sex work­er thinks she’s hit the jack­pot when she falls for a Russ­ian nepo baby, but his par­ents have oth­er plans in Sean Bak­er’s anti-rom-com.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A woman with dark hair dancing enthusiastically in a nightclub, bathed in vibrant purple and pink lighting.
Festivals

Anora – first-look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

A young exot­ic dancer shacks up with the son of a Russ­ian bil­lion­aire, much to the despair of his par­ents, in Sean Bak­er’s lat­est down-and-dirty dramedy.
Two people, an adult man and a young girl, engaged in conversation at a workbench. The room is bright orange.
Review

Red Rocket

by Ella Kemp

Simon Rex plays a washed-up porn actor in Sean Baker’s sparkling char­ac­ter study set around the Tex­an fringes.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Person on bicycle wearing a dark blue shirt cycling on a road with trees and buildings in the background.
Incoming

Simon Rex is a dirtbag triumphant in the trailer for Sean Baker’s Red Rocket

by Charles Bramesco

He plays a washed-up porn star hun­gry for a sec­ond chance in this dra­ma set around the Tex­an fringes.
Person on bicycle wearing a dark blue shirt cycling on a road with trees and buildings in the background.
Festivals

Red Rocket – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Simon Rex is superbly cast in Sean Baker’s sparkling char­ac­ter study of a porn actor well past his pomp.
Cartoon image shows person with mouse-ear hat, standing by a car with stars on the side.
Interviews

Sean Baker: ‘If you’re a filmmaker in the 21st century, it’s hard not to be a social activist’

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

The direc­tor of The Flori­da Project is qui­et­ly redefin­ing con­cepts of movie mag­ic and what it means to be a star.
Dilapidated green building with overgrown grass in foreground; three young people sitting in grass
Review

The Florida Project

by David Jenkins

There’s mag­ic in every sin­gle frame of writer/​director Sean Baker’s spell­bind­ing latest.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Dilapidated green building with overgrown grass in foreground; three young people sitting in grass

The politics of peripheral vision in contemporary cinema

by Amrou Al-Kadhi

Film­mak­ers like Sean Bak­er are using every cor­ner of the frame to shine a light on mar­gin­alised people.
Dilapidated green building with overgrown grass in foreground; three young people sitting in grass
Festivals

The Florida Project – first look review

by David Jenkins

A shot of pure cin­e­mat­ic joy from Tan­ger­ine direc­tor Sean Bak­er – and a big high­light of the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.
Two people sitting on the floor of a colourful, covered walkway with railings and trees visible outside.
Festivals

New films by Claire Denis, Sean Baker and Abel Ferrara to debut in Cannes

by David Jenkins

The 2017 Direc­tors’ Fort­night line-up is even more tan­ta­lis­ing than the main Competition.