'Starlet' Review: A Quirky, Prickly Portrait of an Unlikely Friendship You may have never heard of Sean Baker, but he's one of the most astute and least sentimental chroniclers of life on the fringes working in film today. His earlier films "Prince of Broadway" and "Take Out" dealt with immigrants hustling to make a living in a wintry, bustling New York City. With "Starlet," he shows that his aesthetic works just as well in the sun-bleached San Fernando Valley. That's where Florida transplant Jane (Dree Hemingway, daughter of Mariel) lives with her dog, Starlet, and two somewhat unsavory housemates, Melissa (Stella Maeve) and Mikey (James Ransone). At a yard sale, Jane buys an old thermos that turns out to be filled with money; she tries returning it to Sadie (Besedka Johnson), but the cranky old lady rebuffs her with a curt "No refunds!" After just one shopping spree, Jane starts feeling guilty about the cash, so she tries insinuating herself into Sadie's life, first showing up at the grocery store to give her a ride home and then popping into Sadie's weekly church bingo game. "Starlet" lets us know early on that whatever friendship arises between the two isn't going to be some gooey greeting-card commercial of the "Tuesdays with Morrie" school -- that's made clear somewhere around the time when the suspicious Sadie maces Jane -- but both women discover a mutual need for companionship as they begin spending more time together. Both Jane and Sadie are keeping secrets