Film: “Red Rocket”

“Red Rocket” is writer-director Sean Baker’s follow-up to 2017’s “The Florida Project” (reviewed 10/1/2018). Like the earlier film, it is a funny, canny examination of a select group of Americans losers, but with a more complex, and stronger, story line. Obviously, Baker is more confident now. The protagonist is Mikey (Simon Rex), a tall, well-toned dropout […]

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New York Film Festival 2017

As in past years, I made my own select list from the main slate for my reviews. The seven for this year are diverse and timely. Also as before, I post the reviews in ascending order of preference.   LET THE SUNSHINE IN Whether legendary veteran filmmaker Claire Denis originally had a serious story to […]

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