Brenda Deiss, the Texas City local who made her acting debut in Sean Baker’s 2021 film “Red Rocket,” has died of complications after suffering a stroke. She was 60. The former secretary appeared in ...

Simon Rex, the star of the Cannes Film Festival-acclaimed indie effort “Red Rocket,” has something in common with the protagonist he plays in the film. He, too, got his start in pornographic films.

Deiss, after a chance encounter with writer-director Sean Baker, starred with Simon Rex in Baker's indie drama about a washed-up actor looking to reboot his Texas hometown. By Etan Vlessing Canada ...

Summary Sean Baker’s “Red Rocket” is a very fun but adequately uncomfortable film which follows the homeward bound journey of down-on-his-luck porn star Mikey Saber. Great editing and filmwork, ...

EXCLUSIVE: Range Media Partners has signed Simon Rex, who has a promising awards season ahead of him after his star-making role in Sean Baker’s acclaimed feature Red Rocket for A24 and FilmNation. The ...

Set amid the oil refineries on the Texas Gulf Coast, Sean Baker’s propulsive “Red Rocket” adds to the writer-director’s growing resume of exploring forgotten Americans on the fringe of a society that ...

According to “Red Rocket,” the latest movie — raunchy, restless, cinematically vital — from writer-director Sean Baker, the oil refinery Gulf Coast town of Texas City, Texas offers limited options to ...

Red Rocket comes from the brilliant mind of filmmaker Sean Baker and follows a washed-up porn star who returns to his hometown in Texas. Mikey crosses paths with his estranged ex-wife Lexi, played by ...

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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 ...

Sean Baker’s Red Rocket, the highest-profile specialty opening to report numbers this weekend (i.e. not distributed by a streamer) posted a solid $96,953 for a per screen average of $16,158 in six ...