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Fame

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A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts. From TMDB

26 reactions from 3 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews) · newest Oct 15, 2026 · last updated Oct 16, 2026 · How this works

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  • Walter Chaw @mangiotto.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 14, 2026

    LATE FAME is beautiful: filmfreakcentral.net/2026/10/late...

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  • film-authority.com @film-authority.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 15, 2026

    Someone asked which famous people were nice in real life; a good example is Willem Dafoe, who I pub-crawled around LA with back in 1999. He's in his element in Kent Jones' witty drama Late Fame, playing a 'man of letters' ie a postman who is also a poet. 4 out of 5 film-authority.com/2026/10/15/l...

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  • Julia Rose Kraut @juliarosekraut.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 8, 2026

    For this week's #ThursdayFilmRec 🗃️🎥🍿🎬 #HATM Watch or (Rewatch) the fantastic film "Late Fame" (2025) - Dir. Kent Jones; Written by Samy Burch, based on the novella by Arthur Schnitzler. Featuring: Willem Dafoe, Greta Lee, Edmund Donovan, & Clark Johnson. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycil...

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  • 𝓙𝓮𝓪𝓷 𖹭.ᐟ @breakingkind.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 3, 2026

    Thanks, Be! I love this one - Fame the movie & series were both great.

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  • 🤘Patricia Lee, Publisher @hairydogproductions.comBluesky · Oct 14, 2026

    Fame is not the same as recognition and appreciation. “TV and movie milling of actors of the day so fans can harass them for autographs” is fame. People knowing who to thank for a good deed is recognition and appreciation.

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  • InSession Film @insessionfilm.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 15, 2026

    Podcast Review: @jdduran.bsky.social is joined by @jdiedenhofer.bsky.social to discuss the Kent Jones film LATE FAME! Watch: youtu.be/WBmr5FFJTxI Listen: linktr.ee/insessionfilm

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  • Martijn tH @cinema-mokum.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 8, 2026

    Sweet Smell of Success (Alexander Mackendrick, 1957, Prime Video) NL: www.moviemeter.nl/film/2615/in... Fame and power kill a man's soul. I like to entertain the idea The Swimmer is an unofficial sequel to this film, like Dennis Hopper said Out of the Blue was to Easy Rider. #filmsky #film 📽️

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  • This Day in Cincinnati @thisdayincincy.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 14, 2026

    At the age of 59, he fell into acting when he was cast as Mr. Shorofsky, the music teacher, in the 1980 film, Fame. This led to several TV and film roles until his death in 2001. #cincinnatihistory

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  • Someone Else's Movie @semcast.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 13, 2026

    This week, LATE FAME director Kent Jones invites you to ride along with him through the recesses of Michelangelo Antonioni's 1975 thriller THE PASSENGER. Available wherever you find your podcasts, and streaming right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/ken...

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  • Author Brent Marchant @brentmarchant.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 12, 2026

    @magnoliapics.bsky.social "Late Fame," "American Doctor," "The Marching Band," and a film festival wrap-up and preview, all in Movies with Meaning, at www.thegoodradionetwork.com/movies-with-.... #BrentMarchant #LateFame #AmericanDoctor #TheMarchingBand #ReelingFilmFestival #ChiFilmFest

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  • Author Brent Marchant @brentmarchant.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 12, 2026

    "Late Fame," "American Doctor," "The Marching Band," and a film festival wrap-up and preview, all in Movies with Meaning, at www.thegoodradionetwork.com/movies-with-.... #BrentMarchant #LateFame #AmericanDoctor #TheMarchingBand #ReelingFilmFestival #ChiFilmFest

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  • Russ Emanuel @russem31.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 9, 2026

    STAYCATION NEW WINS!!! “Staycation” (my 6th Feature Film, now called “Apocalypse Death Party” for October 6 & 31, 2025 distribution release) WON at the Directors’ Hall of Fame (in coordination with Wild Filmmaker)! wildfilmmaker.net/winners-dire...

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  • IanMoore3000 @[email protected]Mastodon · Jul 24, 2026

    @spanghero I am going to boldly claim that TV series was better than film, but it might be because I saw that first. #TOTP #Fame

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  • Jared @jarebear81787.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 15, 2026

    Major league is overrated baseball movie Drew Carey isn’t even funny The Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame shouldn’t be in Cleveland

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  • Rick Love @allkindsagirls.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 15, 2026

    Kent Jones and Samy Burch's Late Fame is destined to be one of my Top 5 films of 2026. Art vs. content, artist vs. poseur- Willem Dafoe and Greta Lee show the real cost of authenticity today and it is heartbreaking. What a movie!

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  • THE REPUBLICAN DALEK @republicandalek.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 14, 2026

    @kjaycee.bsky.social ALSO 'FEATURING', OR PERHAPS ETERNALLY SHAMING, BOTH CAMERON MITCHELL (OF 'SPACE MUTINY' FAME) AND A VERY YOUNG DAVID CARUSO (WHOSE CAREER ASTONISHINGLY SURVIVED THIS MOVIE) www.rifftrax.com/without-warn...

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  • Shakira Kurosawa @jamtoday.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 14, 2026

    Greta Lee ran away with "Late Fame", I'm very excited for this movie.

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  • Jeff Re-GHOUL-on @coolguy.partyBluesky · Oct 14, 2026

    A movie that should be in the In-flight Entertainment Hall of Fame.

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  • Contra Zoom Pod @contrazoompod.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 12, 2026

    New review! Late Fame looks at Ed Saxberger, a man who published a book of poetry when he was young but gets rediscovered now that he is much older but a group of young poetry enthusiasts. Click to read @plexsty.bsky.social's ⭐️⭐️⭐️ review. contrazoompod.com/reviews-late...

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  • David Block @davidraider88.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 10, 2026

    Hall of Fame “great trailer, bad movie” entry. boxd.it/gIvW9r

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  • Traveling Advisor @travelingadvisor.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 10, 2026

    🇺🇸 Los Angeles' star-studded sidewalk honoring legends of film, TV, music, and radio. This is Hollywood Walk of Fame in CA. #MustSee #HistoryLovers #Tr… The beauty essential that belongs in every carry-on Shop now: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PCVCPNM?tag=jwebb004-20 #PaidLink #Ad #AmazonAffiliate

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  • two12green.bsky.social @two12green.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 7, 2026

    Such a stupid movie. But if you ever want to see why the "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame" is such a pathetic joke, just skip to the scenes with Jann Wenner

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  • IanMoore3000 @[email protected]Mastodon · Jul 24, 2026

    Plus there is super sad fact of actor who played Leroy having died in the interim. 😥 #Fame

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  • IanMoore3000 @[email protected]Mastodon · Jul 24, 2026

    A sequel to Fame where we revisit the washed up characters after more than 45 years and hear them moaning about how they could have been contenders, with one of them having randomly become mega famous, could genuinely be fascinating. #TOTP #Fame

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  • CinemaSerf @Geronimo1967TMDB reviews · Jun 20, 2026

    I think what makes this film work, even now, is that it selected it's stars from a bunch of aspiring and talented individuals whom it was perfectly plausible to believe in. To like and dislike. It has something about it that offers hope, optimism and realism to people from a range of backgrounds whose skills with their feet, their fingers or their voices might well be the only thing saving them from a life of banality in parts of New York that couldn't have cared less if they lived or died. On…

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  • Mr Lawrence 🇪🇺🇷🇼 @[email protected]Mastodon · May 23, 2026

    Watched an episode of #Fame made in 1983, dealing with racial prejudice. It was heavyhanded, but made me explore when laws came in stateside intended to prevent that kind of crap - 1963. In the UK, they got them in 1964, but they were so limited that they were still adding to them over a decade later. It also formed a good reminder of how, when it comes to discrimination, black people need white help, women need male backup, LGB need straight support and trans/queer/intersex etc need cis buy-in.

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