Tag: Starlet

Newbies, Habituals & James Ransone Are All Ripe for Sean Baker’s “Tangerine”

Moving from unlikely friendships in Starlet, to perhaps the likeliest of neighbors, Sean Baker appears to have found a cosmos that is inspiring to...

Nicholas Bell’s Top Ten Films of 2012: (Picks 5 to 1) Leos Carax’s Holy Motors is #1

5. Amour – Dir. Michael Haneke (Austria) Winner of the Palme D’or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, the second for auteur Michael Haneke, much...

IONCINEPHILE: Sean Baker’s Top Ten Films of All Time List

Have you ever wondered what are the films that inspire the next generation of visionary filmmakers? As part of our monthly IONCINEPHILE profile (read...

IONCINEPHILE of the Month: Sean Baker

IONCINEMA.com’s IONCINEPHILE of the Month feature focuses on an emerging filmmaker from the world of cinema. This November, we feature Sean Baker, an independent...

Interview: Sean Baker & Dree Hemingway – Starlet

Sean Baker’s third feature film, Starlet, finds him exploring the world of sun soaked California through the eyes of porn star Jane, played by...

2012 SXSW: Starlet | Review

POV Shot: Baker and Hemingway Craft Intricate Tale Pornography, prostitution, and pimping, worlds that are often portrayed as a dark underbelly, away from the center,...

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