The Guardian gives a positive review to Late Fame, a new film starring Willem Dafoe, praising its tenderness, wit and Dafoe's performance in an adaptation of an Arthur Schnitzler novella by screenwriter Samy Burch, directed by Kent Jones. The story follows Ed Saxberger, an ageing New York postal worker and once-promising poet, whose forgotten book of verse is rediscovered by a group of young hipsters who hail him as a neglected genius, offering him an unexpected shot at literary redemption.

As Saxberger is drawn into the group's orbit, particularly by the volatile young actor Gloria, played by Greta Lee, he grows increasingly distant and snobbish towards his old friends, risking humiliation as the fickle young admirers could abandon him just as quickly as they embraced him. The reviewer calls the film smart, literate and affecting, comparing its themes of lost opportunity to Schnitzler's Dream Story, and notes it is in US cinemas now and opens in UK cinemas on 4 September.