Sean Baker
1) The Plug
Author
Language
English
Description
Unbeknownst to his best friend and partner, Rilow, Derrick makes a dangerous move against their current plug Mook but Mook finds out. Thirsty for revenge, Mook enlists Rilow to kill Derrick and join Mook's organization. Rilow faces death if he refuses.
2) Starlet
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Starlet explores the unlikely friendship between 21 year-old aspiring actress Jane (Dree Hemingway) and elderly widow Sadie (Besedka Johnson) after their worlds collide in California's San Fernando Valley. Jane spends her time getting high with her dysfunctional roommates and taking care of her chihuahua Starlet, while Sadie passes her days alone, tending to her garden. After a confrontation at a yard sale, Jane finds something unexpected in a relic...
3) Red Rocket
Publisher
A24
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Mikey Saber (a magnetic, live-wire Simon Rex) is forced to return to his small-town Texas roots after flaming out and burning bridges all throughout LA. A washed up porn star and charismatic con man, Mikey quickly begins plotting his path back to the big time causing destruction every step of the way. A wild, fiercely funny film from writer-director Sean Baker, RED ROCKET is an indelible portrait of an all-American hustler and a hometown that barely...
4) Tangerine
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Sin-Dee is back. Upon hearing that her pimp boyfriend was unfaithful during the days she was jailed, the sex worker and her friend, Alexandra, set out to get to the bottom of this. Their odyssey leads them through subcultures of Los Angeles. Official Selection at the **Sundance Film Festival**.
5) Take out
Publisher
Kino International
Pub. Date
2009
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
Ming Ding receives a visit from loan sharks demanding payment of $800 by evening or his debt will be doubled; but Ding's job as a delivery person on Manhattan's Upper West Side is not enough to satisfy his very determined creditors.
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Having left the Metropolitan Police under a cloud, Whicher's days as a detective are behind him. However, when he saves a respectable country lady from a violent robbery in a dangerous part of London, she hires him to investigate the savage murder of her 16-year-old niece. The investigation pits Whicher against wealthy and powerful figures, as well his former colleagues in the Met, and leads to a psychiatric institution where he must confront his...
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Set over one summer, the film follows precocious six year old Moonee as she courts mischief and adventure with her ragtag playmates and bonds with her rebellious but caring mother, all while living in the shadows of Disney World.
Author
Language
English
Description
This ghost story is set on the wild Atlantic coast of North Devon and told through the eyes of Jenny, a girl of nearly nineteen, whose recently deceased grandmother Mary has bequeathed her Windover, the cottage where she is staying with her father and his girlfriend during summer vacation.Before long, Jenny is troubled by visions of two teenage girls and learns from a photograph taken in 1934 that these girls are her grandmother Mary and Mary's friend...
9) Red Rocket
Author
Language
English
Description
Mikey Saber (a magnetic Simon Rex) - charismatic con man and washed up porn star - plots his return to the big time from small-town Texas in this wild, fiercely funny portrait of an American hustler and a hometown that barely tolerates him.
10) Sparks & Embers
Author
Language
English
Description
Tom (Kris Marshall - Love Actually) and Eloise (Annelise Hesme - Alexander) meet in inauspicious circumstances, trapped in a broken-down elevator after Eloise has Tom fired. Nevertheless, sparks fly. Four years later, they have broken up and Eloise is moving home to France. Tom has forty-five minutes to win her back and keep the love of his life.
11) Tangerine
Author
Language
English
Description
It's Christmas Eve and Sin-Dee (newcomer Kitana Kiki Rodriguez) is back. Hearing that her pimp boyfriend (James Ransone, STARLET, Generation Kill) hasn't been faithful during the 28 days she was locked up, the sex worker and her best friend, Alexandra (newcomer Mya Taylor), go on a mission to get to the bottom of this rumor. Their odyssey leads them through various subcultures of Los Angeles.