‘Late Fame’ review: Willem Dafoe beguiles as a rediscovered genius

In pop culture, there’s something deeply compelling about the idea of a ‘forgotten genius’ whose talent has been rediscovered. The trope blossomed in the early 2010s, just before the combination of social media and smartphone ubiquity made it harder for anyone to disappear from view (see the 2012 Rodriguez documentary Searching For Sugarman and indie rocker Richard Katz in Jonathan Franzen’s 2010 novel Freedom). What if th...