sean baker

2025 Oscars: ‘Anora’ Wins Best Picture, Take Home Five Oscars2025 Oscars: ‘Anora’ Wins Best Picture, Take Home Five Oscars

2025 Oscars: ‘Anora’ Wins Best Picture, Take Home Five Oscars

The 97th Oscars have officially come to a close with Anora taking home Hollywood's top prize, alongside winning Best Director,… Read More

March 2, 2025
40th Film Independent Spirit Awards: ‘Anora,’ ‘Baby Reindeer’ Win Big40th Film Independent Spirit Awards: ‘Anora,’ ‘Baby Reindeer’ Win Big

40th Film Independent Spirit Awards: ‘Anora,’ ‘Baby Reindeer’ Win Big

Film Independent coronated Sean Baker's Anora with three wins today at the 40th Film Independent Spirit Awards, where it won… Read More

February 22, 2025
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 274 – ‘Anora’ Wins Critics Choice, DGA, PGA and the State of the Oscar RaceAwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 274 – ‘Anora’ Wins Critics Choice, DGA, PGA and the State of the Oscar Race

AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 274 – ‘Anora’ Wins Critics Choice, DGA, PGA and the State of the Oscar Race

This weekend truly kicked off the Oscar race with the 1-2-3 punch of Critics Choice, the Directors Guild and the… Read More

February 10, 2025
77th Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards: Sean Baker Wins for ‘Anora,’ ‘Shōgun’ and ‘Hacks’ Prevail in TV77th Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards: Sean Baker Wins for ‘Anora,’ ‘Shōgun’ and ‘Hacks’ Prevail in TV

77th Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards: Sean Baker Wins for ‘Anora,’ ‘Shōgun’ and ‘Hacks’ Prevail in TV

Sean Baker has won the Directors Guild of America (DGA) award for Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film for Anora.… Read More

February 8, 2025
Directors Guild of America (DGA) Nominations: Edward Berger, James Mangold, Jacques Audiard Lead All-Male Lineup, Blockbuster Directors Miss OutDirectors Guild of America (DGA) Nominations: Edward Berger, James Mangold, Jacques Audiard Lead All-Male Lineup, Blockbuster Directors Miss Out

Directors Guild of America (DGA) Nominations: Edward Berger, James Mangold, Jacques Audiard Lead All-Male Lineup, Blockbuster Directors Miss Out

Directors Guild of America President Lesli Linka Glatter today announced the five nominees for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement… Read More

January 8, 2025
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 256: Reviewing ‘Anora’ Plus Our Favorite Palme d’Or WinnersAwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 256: Reviewing ‘Anora’ Plus Our Favorite Palme d’Or Winners

AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 256: Reviewing ‘Anora’ Plus Our Favorite Palme d’Or Winners

On episode 256 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, Executive Editor Ryan McQuade is joined by AwardsWatch contributors Dan Bayer and Josh… Read More

October 14, 2024
Interview: Mikey Madison on Embodying ‘Anora’ in Sean Baker’s Modern-Day Cinderella Story [VIDEO]Interview: Mikey Madison on Embodying ‘Anora’ in Sean Baker’s Modern-Day Cinderella Story [VIDEO]

Interview: Mikey Madison on Embodying ‘Anora’ in Sean Baker’s Modern-Day Cinderella Story [VIDEO]

Since its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, where it took home the prestigious Palme d'Or, Anora has been… Read More

October 7, 2024
‘Anora’ Review: Sean Baker’s Joyous New York City Tale Finds Love in a Hopeless Place and a Superstar in Mikey Madison | Cannes‘Anora’ Review: Sean Baker’s Joyous New York City Tale Finds Love in a Hopeless Place and a Superstar in Mikey Madison | Cannes

‘Anora’ Review: Sean Baker’s Joyous New York City Tale Finds Love in a Hopeless Place and a Superstar in Mikey Madison | Cannes

Not every girl wants to be somebody’s princess, but anyone who does, should be given the opportunity. This is not… Read More

May 22, 2024
Interview: Sean Baker and Simon Rex are in synch with ‘Red Rocket’Interview: Sean Baker and Simon Rex are in synch with ‘Red Rocket’

Interview: Sean Baker and Simon Rex are in synch with ‘Red Rocket’

Sean Baker wants you to say 'bye bye bye' to your expectations of Simon Rex in RED ROCKET Director Sean… Read More

December 7, 2021
‘Red Rocket’ review: Simon Rex puts the come in comeback in Sean Baker’s nuanced Trump country exposé [Cannes Review]‘Red Rocket’ review: Simon Rex puts the come in comeback in Sean Baker’s nuanced Trump country exposé [Cannes Review]

‘Red Rocket’ review: Simon Rex puts the come in comeback in Sean Baker’s nuanced Trump country exposé [Cannes Review]

Perhaps even more so than The Florida Project, Sean Baker’s financial and ideological investment in celluloid film pays off in… Read More

July 15, 2021