Late Fame stars Willem Dafoe as a postal worker whose single book of poetry – published nearly 50 years earlier – is rediscovered by a coterie of young fans who declare him ‘a genius’. It’s a tragicomedy – a satire on literary self-regard – that also manages to be exquisitely tender, delicate and a deeply

Late Fame stars Willem Dafoe as a postal worker whose single book of poetry – published nearly 50 years earlier – is rediscovered by a coterie of young fans who declare him ‘a…

Adaptation of an Arthur Schnitzler novella sees Dafoe’s ageing poet embraced by a younger cohort of capricious hipsters. It’s smart, literate and affecting