LATE FAME (2026) @ Cleveland Cinematheque / Valerio's

About this event

An affluent group of twenty-something wannabe writers hopes to revivify the career of a long-forgotten poet (Willem Dafoe) who published one slim volume fifty years ago. [Click here for the trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX-xpCQkcBY) “There’s a marvelous tenderness and generosity to this elegant tale of autumnal regret; an intimate movie acted with effortless grace by Willem Dafoe.”- [The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/02/late-fame-review-willem-dafoe) “exquisitely wry and melancholic...Dafoe...gives his finest performance in years ” - [The New Yorker](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-current-cinema/tony-late-fame-and-the-rocky-road-to-literary-stardom) [Rotten Tomatoes:](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/late_fame) 94% [Metacritic:](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/late-fame/) 77% ========================================================================== **Please note that registration for this event closes at noon on the day before the film.** ========================================================================== 4:45 MOVIE at Cinematheque/Cleveland Institute of Art, 11610 Euclid Ave, Cleveland Free parking in the lots with "Cinematheque" signs on E 117th Street (accessible only from Euclid). AFTER THE MOVIE: EATS/DISCUSSION at Valerio’s, 12405 Mayfield Road. Since Valerio’s a bit up the hill on Mayfield, we will take one (or, if necessary, two) cars from the Cinematheque parking lot to restaurant and back. [Click here for the menu](https://www.valeriosristorante.com/menu) ========================================================================== **HELP CHIP IN:** [Meetup.com](http://Meetup.com) charges our group for use of this site. Please contribute $5-10 annually to help defray this and other costs. Any surplus is given to the Cleveland Cinematheque. **CashApp** $JimSimler **Zelle** jimsimler@hotmail.com **Venmo** jim-simler **PayPal** [Jim Simler's page](https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/jimsimler) **In…