Late Fame
2025 · dir. Kent Jones · 97 min
- Repertory
ICA · Cinema 2
Willem Defoe plays Ed Saxberger, a forgotten New York poet, who 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, the group’s “tragic heroine” — Saxberger gradually reckons with the authenticity of his newfound poetic circle. Kent Jones's thoughtful, witty film is a wistful yet unromantic look at a lost idea of downtown New York.
