Sean Baker has been killing it at the center of independent film for years. He has left a lasting impression with films like The Florida Project, Red Rocket, and Tangerine. And now, he writes and directs Anora, a romantic comedy-drama of sorts that has been doing superbly at film festivals this year. This is the … Read more
Sean Baker’s Anora, which has been generating Oscar buzz, gets a new trailer ahead of its October theatrical release At this year’s Cannes Film Festival, director Sean Baker won the Palme d’Or when his romantic drama Anora was chosen as the Best Feature Film of the Official Competition. The movie has been generating Oscar buzz … Read more
Director Sean Baker’s films have been described as modern-day fairy tales, yet it might be more apt to say that his films interrogate whether fairy tales have a place in the messiness of our modern world. There always comes a moment where the magic and grace his characters can find in the everyday clashes with … Read more
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He continued: “This means making feature films intended for theatrical exhibition. The world has to be reminded that watching a film at home while scrolling through your phone and checking emails and half paying attention is just not the way, although some tech companies would like us to think so.” Among others, Baker thanked Madison; … Read more
Sean Baker’s Anora took home the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, while Jesse Plemons, Selena Gomez and more also won. The 77th Cannes Film Festival has come to a close. As with every year, the festival was host to its share of standing ovations, divisive screenings and debates over just which films … Read more
Considerably more straightforward, and much better, is Raoul Peck’s documentary “Ernest Cole: Lost and Found,” showing in the festival’s Special Screenings section. A South African photographer, Cole (1940-90) captured images of life under apartheid that were compiled in an influential book, “House of Bondage” (1967). LaKeith Stanfield reads the film’s semi-fictionalized voice-over, which is in the first person—ostensibly from Cole’s perspective—but is based on information from his … Read more