Premiere Run!

A forgotten New York poet Ed Saxberger (Dafoe), who has long since retired his pen in favor of a stable job at the post office, finds himself rediscovered by a new generation—or at least by a small circle of enthusiastic young artists steeped in nostalgia for a time they never knew. Ed is lured back into believing he deserves more than he ever received in his heyday by the seductive nature of adoration and the specific attention of an alluring actress (Lee) who is also a part of the circle. LATE FAME contains, as always, a standout performance by Dafoe and is a thoughtful, wryly funny portrait of a city that has, quite possibly, lost its soul.