Red Rocket

Mikey Saber, once a celebrated porn actor (if we are to believe him), has fallen from grace and returns without money to his childhood home in Texas. He shows up at his ex Lexi's place, who lives with her mother among the oil refineries. Temporarily, Mikey is allowed to move in with them, and initially, they manage to coexist — until he meets young Strawberry, a worker at a donut shop. With her, Mikey falls back into his old habits and drags her down with him.

A moving and often comedic drama about the rough edges of the American dream, featuring a phenomenal lead performance by Simon Rex. Directed by Sean Baker (The Florida Project).

A24/7 
What do Moonlight, Everything Everywhere All At Once, and Midsommar have in common? Not the cast, not the writers, not the cinematographers, and not the directors… No, what these three films have in common is the production company/distributor A24. The American A24 is a true success story: film lovers cheer when they see the A24 logo in the opening credits. The company was founded in 2012 by Daniel Katz, John Hodges, and David Fenkel, all three of whom were not yet forty years old. Initially, A24 was only involved in film distribution. They pick up films that often struggle to find a large audience. Because the films are different, innovative, and because the creators take risks. In 2016, they turn a new page. For the first time in their still young existence, they produce a film themselves. And once again, it hits the mark, as the first film A24 invests in with their own money is Barry Jenkins’ later Oscar-winning Moonlight.

In the nearly 15 years that A24 has existed, they have produced or distributed over 150 films. 150 films without superheroes, cliché characters, or wafer-thin plots, but with real flesh-and-blood people, with their own, unknown stories that deserve to be seen on the big screen again. Therefore, this summer; A24/7 - a modest selection of seven titles from the rich A24 catalog.