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For his latest, “Red Rocket,” Sean Baker worked some slightly different magic with Simon Rex, an established celebrity and performer but one with a spotty b-movie filmography that wouldn’t appear to make him a candidate to lead an awards season movie.

Sean Baker, the director of The Florida Project and Tangerine, returns with an incredible feel-bad comedy about a former porn star (Simon Rex of the Scary Movie franchise) returning to his Texas town where no one wants him. In theaters now

Given the fact that her character in Red Rocket is a former porn star, Bree Elrod had to do some interesting research in order to properly prepare.

“I would like to be the guy who brings digital transparency to southeast New Mexico."

The film is the latest adult-skewing drama — and musical — to struggle in the pandemic era, but filmmakers hope the movie will gain momentum over the year-end holidays.

If you want to win an Oscar, does it help to have a nude scene? That depends on if...

Filmmaker Clint Bentley discusses making “Jockey,” which plays opening day of the 2021 Aspen Film Academy Screenings on Sunday, Dec. 12.

Director Sean Baker and stars Simon Rex, Bree Elrod and Suzanna Son talk new film "Red Rocket."

Sean Baker's new film asks audiences to consider a singularly annoying character, brought to vibrant life by Simon Rex.

Simon Rex stars in Sean Baker's "Red Rocket," a dark comedy with charm and a powerful twist.