Sean Baker

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.

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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.

Cannes Film Festival 2024: the full line-up

By David Jenkins

Yorgos Lanthimos, David Cronenberg and Francis Ford Coppola roll out for France's premiere film jamboree.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

The Florida Project

By David Jenkins

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

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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.

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.

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.

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