Named for the bike (Lexi’s, naturally) that Mikey rides around town, “Red Rocket” is a film about cycles, about a self-obsessed boor rising and falling on his own inertia. On one end of the ...

Male performers and female performers are treated vastly differently, which is a recurring gag throughout the movie. Red Rocket is a nonstop rush. It never pauses to take a breath, fully conveying ...

A scene from ‘Red Rocket.’ (Everett Collection) The most jaw-dropping moment of the film is when Mikey runs completely naked down the street. Bree admitted that she “lost her sh*t” the ...

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 in theaters this weekend.

Sean Baker‘s “Red Rocket” premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday afternoon to another standing ovation, as one of the stronger U.S. films to debut in the South of France.

A washed-up adult film actor looks to reboot in the Texas ... that Baker and his regular co-writer Chris Bergoch have set Red Rocket against the casually observed backdrop of the 2016 presidential ...

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 ...

That was never more true than on “Red Rocket,” where many of the performers had never worked on a movie. By Ben Kenigsberg The leading man in “Red Rocket” made his name as a comic rapper ...

Sean Baker’s Red Rocket, the highest-profile specialty opening ... Critics are calling the film about a washed up porn star returning to his hostile Texas hometown audacious and uproariously ...

and a successful transition from adult film. But after the rapturous reception for Sean Baker’s Red Rocket, in which he plays washed-up porn star Mikey Saber, Rex left town with a whole new ...

By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief Brenda Deiss, the breakout star of Sean Baker’s Red Rocket indie movie in 2021, has died. She was 60. The unexpected movie actress who appeared alongside ...

Premiering in competition at the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday, “Red Rocket” both advances and further clarifies what has become director Sean Baker’s signature hook, marking a now four ...