Sean Baker specializes in spotlighting populations that don’t often get much screen time — and letting the audience be the judge of them. His newest A24 film, “Red Rocket,” which blasted into theaters ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook This image is from the official trailer for “Red Rocket,” distributed by A24. “Red Rocket” is one ...

In a year that has given us a surprise bounty of great films about porn — Bad Luck Banging out of Romania, Ninja Thyberg’s Pleasure, still awaiting a release — the homegrown one might be the best. In ...

Simon Rex in his new film “Red Rocket” is on “top of my game” and has the universe on his side. And while that’s the character speaking, the early reviews for Rex’s performance as a washed-up porn ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: If you’re in the mood to laugh while feeling kind of sad about it, then A24 has the perfect movie for you: Red Rocket, a new comedy about a washed-up porn star, opening ...

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.

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 ...

Director Sean Baker, left, poses with actor Simon Rex in New York on Nov. 29 to promote the film "Red Rocket." (Matt Licari/Invision/AP) Director Sean Baker’s latest project, “Red Rocket,” opens in ...