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"What stays with you is that there's a genuineness and complexity of their connection." - Walter Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle
"It's a hushed marvel of a movie." - Sean Burns, Philadelpiha Weekly
Critic’s Pick! “A thrillingly, unexpectedly good American movie." - Manohla Dargis, New York Times
"One of the year's most arresting, heartfelt indies." - Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times
"An emphatic, absorbing tale of the old and the beautiful." - Melissa Anderson, Village Voice
"STARLET represents a welcome throwback to the smoggy West Coast character studies of the 1970s." - Scott Tobias, NPR
"STARLET is refreshingly unsentimental in its depiction of both youth and age." - Nathan Rabin, AV Club
"A poetic meditation on loneliness and friendship." - Dennis Lim, New York Times
“Dree Hemingway gives a performance of flaky charm, and tender sensitivity.” - Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times
“Besedka Johnson is equal parts heartbreaking, lovely and inspiring.” - Katie Walsh, The Playlist on Indiewire
Jane: Dree Hemingway
Starlet: Boonee
Melissa: Stella Maeve
Sadie: Besedka Johnson
Mikey: James Ransone
Arash: Karren Karagulian
Director: Sean Baker
Editor: Sean Baker
Writers: Sean Baker, Chris Bergoch
Producers: Blake Ashman-Kipervaser, Kevin Chinoy, Francesca Silvestri, Patrick Cunningham, Chris Maybach
Director of Photography: Radium Cheung
"What stays with you is that there's a genuineness and complexity of their connection." - Walter Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle
"It's a hushed marvel of a movie." - Sean Burns, Philadelpiha Weekly
"A beautifully directed tale of human connection that lingers long after its closing credits." - Filmmaker Magazine
"Dree Hemingway gives a performance of flaky charm and tender sensitivy." - Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times
"Besedka Johnson is equal parts heartbreaking, lovely and inspiring." - Katie Walsh, IndieWIRE
Critic’s Pick! “A thrillingly, unexpectedly good American movie." - Manohla Dargis, New York Times
"One of the year's most arresting, heartfelt indies." - Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times
"An emphatic, absorbing tale of the old and the beautiful." - Melissa Anderson, Village Voice
"STARLET represents a welcome throwback to the smoggy West Coast character studies of the 1970s." - Scott Tobias, NPR
"STARLET is refreshingly unsentimental in its depiction of both youth and age." - Nathan Rabin, AV Club
"A poetic meditation on loneliness and friendship." - Dennis Lim, New York Times
‘STARLET’ receives Robert Altman Award at Indie Spirit Awards [2/25/2013]
Music Box Films Releases Honored with 7 Independent Spirit Award Nominations [11/28/2012]
Dree Hemingway is true ‘Starlet’ on Vogue’s Best Dressed List [11/16/2012]
‘Starlet’ now playing in LA and NYC with Q&As all weekend [11/09/12]
Dree Hemingway opens up to Indiewire about modeling and ‘Starlet’ [11/09/12]
‘Starlet’ director Sean Baker shares 5 favorite films with Rotten Tomatoes [11/08/12]
BUST Magazine praises a 4/5 score for STARLET [11/05/12]
STARLET trailer gets commentary by director Sean Baker [11/04/12]
Music Box Films Picks Up Rights to SXSW 2012 Drama ‘Starlet’ [5/24/12]
"What stays with you is that there's a genuineness and complexity of their connection." - Walter Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle
"It's a hushed marvel of a movie." - Sean Burns, Philadelpiha Weekly
Critic’s Pick! “A thrillingly, unexpectedly good American movie." - Manohla Dargis, New York Times
"One of the year's most arresting, heartfelt indies." - Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times
"An emphatic, absorbing tale of the old and the beautiful." - Melissa Anderson, Village Voice
"STARLET represents a welcome throwback to the smoggy West Coast character studies of the 1970s." - Scott Tobias, NPR
"STARLET is refreshingly unsentimental in its depiction of both youth and age." - Nathan Rabin, AV Club
"A poetic meditation on loneliness and friendship." - Dennis Lim, New York Times
“Dree Hemingway gives a performance of flaky charm, and tender sensitivity.” - Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times
“Besedka Johnson is equal parts heartbreaking, lovely and inspiring.” - Katie Walsh, The Playlist on Indiewire