Mark Kermode on director Sean Baker, who thrillingly puts the marginalised centre stage

Last month I wrote about British film-maker Mike Leigh creating a “string of perfectly crafted dramas with an uncanny element of verisimilitude” – dramas such as the 1996 Palme d’Or winner Secrets & Lies , which went on to win five Oscar nominations including best picture. It’s no surprise to learn that one of Leigh’s greatest admirers is Sean Baker, the American independent director (born in New Jersey in 1971) whose most recent feature, Anora , similarly scooped the Palme d’Or last May and is now shaping up as an Oscars frontrunner. Although their film-making styles are distinctly different, Baker

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