2012 · drama
Starlet (2012)
Directed by Sean Baker1h 43m2012
An unlikely friendship forms between 21 year-old Jane and the elderly Sadie after Jane discovers a hidden stash of money inside an object at Sadie's yard sale.
Our read: Starlet (2012) (2012) reads as a neutral, measured, grounded drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, measured, measured drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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Watching Starlet tonight? Spin for your lens.
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How Starlet feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
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Eight films that feel like this one.
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