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Sean Baker

  1. the vulture transcript
    Red Rocket Wants to Take You for a RideDirector Sean Baker and Simon Rex unpack the queasy charms of fast-talking narcissists and why they bet big on ’N Sync.
    By Alison Willmore
  2. movie review
    Red Rocket Is Ready to Cure Us of Our Love of Fast-Talking UnderdogsSean Baker’s comedy, starring Simon Rex as a washed-up porn star, is a queasy exploration of a type of character we’ve been trained to like.
    By Alison Willmore
  3. vulture festival 2021
    Red Rocket Had to Seek the Approval of Every ’N Sync Member to Use ‘Bye Bye Bye’“So Justin has seen part of this movie.”
    By Jackson McHenry
  4. profile
    Simon Rex Doesn’t Want to Be That Guy AnymoreThe former MTV VJ partied his way through the early aughts, lost his career for a decade, and now, improbably, is being lauded by the Hollywood elite.
    By Nate Jones
  5. trailer mix
    Simon Rex Is a Washed-up Porn Star in the Red Rocket Trailer“Shit got out of control. I came this fucking close to getting shot.”
    By Natalie Lin
  6. cannes 2021
    Which of These Cannes Movies Is the ‘Next Uncut Gems’?A new film-festival tradition: crowning the heir to Howard Ratner.
    By Nate Jones
  7. extremely online
    Sean Baker Swears He’s Not Part of Bella Thorne’s OnlyFans Project“I would never do anything that could possibly hurt the community.”
    By Devon Ivie
  8. ‘I Only Have My Chihuahuas’: Why The Florida Project’s Sean Baker Won’t Sell OutWhat does it take to direct an Oscar contender and sustain a career as an independent filmmaker? More sacrifices than you might expect.
    By Kyle Buchanan
  9. introductions
    How The Florida Project’s Bria Vinaite Became an Actress in 3 WeeksBria Vinaite talks training with Willem Dafoe, dating Drake, and learning to act on the fly.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  10. movie review
    The Florida Project Is a Near-Perfect Follow-up From the Director of TangerineIt’s a heightening in every way of everything that was great about Baker’s last movie.
    By Emily Yoshida
  11. The Florida Project Trailer: Willem Dafoe Stars in Tangerine Follow-upSee it in theaters October 6.
    By Hunter Harris
  12. chat room
    Sean Baker on Making This Summer’s Indie Hit, TangerineIt’s the movie about trans sex workers that was shot an iPhone.
    By Benjamin Lindsay
  13. movie review
    Tangerine Is a Post-Camp Transgender ComedySean Baker’s Sundance crowd-pleaser is both hilarious and heart-attack serious.
    By David Edelstein