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Awards Radar Community: We Want Your ‘Red Rocket’ and ‘West Side Story’ Thoughts!
Yesterday, two very different films opened up in theaters. One is a potential wide release blockbuster, and a remake, to boot. The other is just in New York and Los Angeles, hoping to launch a platform release that defies the odds. Of course, I’m talking about the big in West Side Story and the small […] More
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Interview: Simon Rex Muses on the Opportunity That Is ‘Red Rocket’ and What the Future Holds
Simon Rex has earned his moment in the sun. The actor has paid his dues over the years, struggling for roles and not getting the respect he deserves. Now, thanks to Sean Baker, Chris Bergoch, and Red Rocket, everyone is finally recognizing him as a force of nature. The film is phenomenal, with his performance […] More
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First Trailer for ‘Red Rocket’ Teases Sean Baker’s New Movie
The first trailer for Sean Baker’s “Red Rocket” is finally here! Read more to watch the trailer: More
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NYFF Film Review: ‘Red Rocket’ is More Human Brilliance From Sean Baker and Chris Bergoch
I’m so delighted that storytellers like Sean Baker and Chris Bergoch exist. Truly, they’re cinematic savants, able to find brilliant tales set within society’s fringes. If there’s a person who no one else would think of making a film about, Baker and Bergoch are almost guaranteed to find the beauty and the heartbreak in their […] More
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A24 Acquires ‘Red Rocket’
A24 and Sean Baker are reuniting, as the studio has acquired North American distribution rights to his latest project, Red Rocket. FilmNation Entertainment owns the global rights for the film. Red Rocket will be Baker’s first film since 2017’s The Florida Project, which A24 also distributed, a collaboration that earned the film high praise and plenty of awards attention, including […] More
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Sean Baker and Chris Bergoch Have a New Project!
It’s hard enough to film at all during the pandemic, but to film a feature film secretly during a pandemic is a real achievement, one that apparently has been accomplished by writer/director Sean Baker. Variety reports that Baker has just finished shooting Red Rocket, a new film that he had been filming under wraps in Texas. A dark […] More
