Collections/January 2025

Three by Sean Baker

As his latest film, the Palme d’Or–winning Anora , continues to garner acclaim, we’re revisiting the early work of Sean Baker, who for more than twenty years has carved out a distinctive place within American independent cinema exploring the lives of characters on the margins of society with a combination of vérité naturalism and kinetic stylistic verve. Deeply compassionate, human portraits of immigrants ( Take Out ) and sex workers ( Starlet ) chasing their versions of the American dream, these defiantly DIY transmissions from way outside the Hollywood formula factory show one of our most vital auteurs already in command of his craft.

3 films