Rex’s Mikey is a former porn star who returns to his wife Lexi (the excellent Bree Elrod) in a small Texas town as the film opens. Lexi and her mother (Brenda Deiss) don’t want Mikey around but when ...

A24 presents Red Rocket in six theaters this weekend ahead of a limited expansion in New York and LA, adding Chicago, Austin and San Francisco next weekend with a wider rollout over the holidays to ...

It’s never a good sign when someone gets off a bus after two days without any bags. That’s how we meet Mikey Saber (Simon Rex) in “Red Rocket.” He’s back in his hometown, Texas City, on the Gulf Coast ...

Sean Baker’s Red Rocket, the highest-profile specialty opening to report numbers this weekend (i.e. not distributed by a streamer) posted a solid $96,953 for a per screen average of $16,158 in six ...

Deiss, after a chance encounter with writer-director Sean Baker, starred with Simon Rex in Baker's indie drama about a washed-up actor looking to reboot his Texas hometown. By Etan Vlessing Canada ...

Red Rocket comes from the brilliant mind of filmmaker Sean Baker and follows a washed-up porn star who returns to his hometown in Texas. Mikey crosses paths with his estranged ex-wife Lexi, played by ...

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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 ...

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.

According to “Red Rocket,” the latest movie — raunchy, restless, cinematically vital — from writer-director Sean Baker, the oil refinery Gulf Coast town of Texas City, Texas offers limited options to ...

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 ...

For Variety‘s Writers on Writers, Jonathan Raymond pens a tribute to “Red Rocket” (screenplay by Sean Baker and Chris Bergoch.) Often, there’s a slight delay before an era finds its shape. The Nixon ...