Ike Holter's RED REX, now in its world premiere at Steep Theatre, is a delightfully meta-theatrical experience. The play is the sixth in local playwright Holter's ambitious seven-play cycle about ...

IndieWire Honors: The "Red Rocket" star hosts the event, taking place on December 5 in Los Angeles. That atypical Cinderella story could earn Baker some long overdue credit with the Academy, but the ...

Over the years, Chicago’s famous storefront-theater community occasionally has turned the lens upon itself. But in every such case that I recall, these shows have romanticized the struggles of ...

Ever since Sean Baker's dramedy premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, its 47-year-old leading man — a former MTV VJ and rapper — has been accruing buzz for his portrayal of a has-been porn star. By ...

A version of this story about Simon Rex first appeared in “Dark Horses We Love” section in the Race Begins issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine. If you’ve seen Sean Baker’s “Red Rocket,” it probably won ...

Simon Rex, a name once synonymous with MTV VJs and late nights with Paris Hilton, had hit a career dead end. Then the phone rang. The voice on the other end was indie film darling Sean Baker, who had ...

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Christina Radish is the Senior Entertainment Reporter at Collider. Having worked at Collider for over a decade (since 2009), her primary focus is on film and television interviews with talent both in ...