Dir. Kent Jones
2025 | 96 mins | USA | English
Willem Dafoe, Greta Lee, Edmund Donovan

Showing Times

• Sun 11 Oct: 7pm
• Mon 12 Oct: 7pm
• Tue 13 Oct: 7pm
• Wed 14 Oct: 2pm
• Thu 15 Oct 2pm

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Willem Dafoe lends his delicate gravitas to the role of 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 (play by Greta Lee of Past Lives fame), 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 and will appeal to fans of Patteson, Complete Unknown, and Inside Llewyn Davis.

BBFC Rating
Rated 15 – strong language, brief drug misuse

Venue: Studio 74, Exeter Phoenix

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