Sean Baker

'Anora' Revels in the Wholesome Chaos of Its Sex Work Cinderella Story

Directed by Sean Baker

PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2024

When word broke that Sean Baker's 'Anora' had received top honours at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, cinema junkies everywhere shared a ...

A Toronto Sex Worker Brought "Truthful" Insight to 'Anora'

PUBLISHED Oct 23, 2024

"I wouldn't want to be degraded," writer, producer and director Sean Baker remarks. "Just treated like a human with all the flaws that we...

The Best and Worst Films We Saw at TIFF 2024

PUBLISHED Sep 16, 2024

After a couple of pandemic years and last year's Hollywood strike, 2024 was the first year in a while when the Toronto International...

'Red Rocket' Paints a Raw Portrait of Small-Town America

Directed by Sean Baker

PUBLISHED Jan 4, 2022

Director Sean Baker continues his exploration of underrepresented groups and non-traditional circumstances in Red Rocket, which follows adu...

Exclaim!'s Top 11 Films of 2017

Best of 2017

PUBLISHED Jan 2, 2018

There were plenty of major disasters onscreen in 2017, but enough about Justice League. Instead, here is our list of the year's best films,...

Director Sean Baker Explains Why He Used Instagram to Cast 'The Florida Project'

PUBLISHED Oct 20, 2017

Surely set to stand as one of the best movies of 2017, Sean Baker's The Florida Project takes a humanizing look at America's "hidden homele...

The Florida Project

Directed by Sean Baker

PUBLISHED Sep 11, 2017

Though he's been working since 2000, writer and director Sean Baker emerged as a prestigious awards-season contender with 2015's Tangerine....

Tangerine

Trailer

PUBLISHED Apr 30, 2015

It's hard to resist a good gimmick, and Sean Baker's new film Tangerine has a great one — it was entirely shot with the iPhone 5s....