Late Fame

Ed Saxberger (Willem Dafoe), a forgotten New York poet, works in the post office. After an eager and flattering young admirer appears on his doorstep, Saxberger is beckoned into a coterie of twentysomething admirers who anoint him as a rediscovered genius. Intoxicated by the attention — and by the alluring presence of Gloria (Greta Lee, Past Lives), the group’s “tragic heroine” — Saxberger gradually reckons with the authenticity of his newfound poetic circle.
 

This thoughtful, witty film is a wistful yet unromantic look at a lost idea of downtown New York.